Chapter XIV: Appendix: II
TABLE OF REPORTED CASES OF INDUSTRIAL POISONING AND ANTHRAX (SECTION 73
OF THE FACTORY ACT, 1901).
(_Small figures at right-hand corner of larger figures indicate fatal
cases, included in totals_).
┌────────────────┬────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┐ │ │ 1921 │ 1920 │ 1919 │ 1918 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────┼────────┬───────┼────────┬────┼────────┬────┼────────┬────┤ │ „ │ M. │ F. │ M. │ F. │ M. │ F. │ M. │ F. │ ├────────────────┼────────┼───────┼────────┼────┼────────┼────┼────────┼────┤ │LEAD │194^{21}│ 36^2│222^{20}│21^3│187^{26}│ 20│124^{11}│ 20│ │ POISONING[260]│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Tinning of │ │ 1│ │ 2│ │ 2│ 1│ 1│ │ metals │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │White lead │ 13^1│ │ 17│ │ 10│ │ │ │ │China and │ 21^9│ 13^2│ 16^{11}│ 8^2│ 13^8│ 8│ 5^1│ 6│ │ earthenware │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Litho-transfers │ │ 1│ │ 1│ │ │ │ │ │Vitreous │ 7│ 1│ 1│ 1│ 1│ │ │ │ │ enamelling │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Coach │ 14^1│ 6│ 12│ 1│ 10^3│ 1│ 12^3│ │ │ painting[261] │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Paints used in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ other │ 12│ │ 7^1│ 3│ 7^3│ 2│ 12│ 3│ │ industries │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Other industries│ 20^2│10[262]│ 32^2│ │ 24^1│ 1│ 19^1│ 4│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │MERCURY │ │ │ 4│ 1│ 5│ 2│ 8│ 1│ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │PHOSPHORUS │ │ │ │ │ 1│ │ 3│ │ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ARSENIC │ 1│ │ 3│ │ 4│ │ 3^1│ │ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ANTHRAX │ 21^5│ 4^1│ 42^{10}│ 6^1│ 46^6│11^3│ 46^5│26^3│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │TOXIC JAUNDICE │ 1^1│ │ 6^3│ │ 2^2│ 1^1│ 7^2│27^8│ └────────────────┴────────┴───────┴────────┴────┴────────┴────┴────────┴────┘
┌────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────┬───────────┐ │ │ 1917 │ 1916 │ 1915 │ │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────┼────────┬────────┼────────┬────────┼────────┬──┤ │ „ │ M. │ F. │ M. │ F. │ M. │F.│ ├────────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──┤ │LEAD │272^{19}│ 45^2│318^{20}│ 30^1│356^{21}│25│ │ POISONING[260]│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Tinning of │ 2│ │ 3│ 1│ 2│ 1│ │ metals │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │White lead │ 15│ 2│ 16^1│ 2│ 36│ 4│ │China and │ 8^5│ 7^2│ 15^6│ 8^1│ 13^5│13│ │ earthenware │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Litho-transfers │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Vitreous │ 1│ │ 5│ │ 5^1│ │ │ enamelling │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Coach │ 20^2│ 1│ 33│ │ 39^5│ │ │ painting[261] │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Paints used in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ other │ 17^1│ 3│ 18│ 2│ 16^2│ │ │ industries │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Other industries│ 57^4│ 19[263]│ 50^3│ 11│ 47^1│ 7│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │MERCURY │ 6│ 11│ 11│ 7│ 6│ │ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │PHOSPHORUS │ 3│ │ 2│ │ 3^1│ │ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ARSENIC │ 0^5│ │ │ │ 3│ │ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ANTHRAX │ 71^{11}│ 22^1│ 77^{14}│ 28^2│ 45^7│ 5│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │TOXIC JAUNDICE │ 45^2│145^{42}│ 84^{23}│122^{34}│ │ │ └────────────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴──┘
┌────────────────┬────────────────┬─────────────┬────────────────┐ │ │ _Average_ │ _Average_ │ _Average_ │ │ │ 1912–14 │ 1909–11 │ 1906–08 │ ├────────────────┼────────┬───────┼────────┬────┼────────┬───────┤ │ „ │ M. │ F. │ M. │ F. │ M. │ F. │ ├────────────────┼────────┼───────┼────────┼────┼────────┼───────┤ │LEAD │468^{32}│ 55^1│512^{32}│63^3│524^{28}│ 95^2│ │ POISONING[260]│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Tinning of │ 10│ 1│ 13│ 4│ 10│ 8│ │ metals │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │White lead │ 24^1│ 3│ 34^1│ 2│ 83^3│ 3│ │China and │ 33^10│ 23^1│ 38^4│38^3│ 52^6│ 57^2│ │ earthenware │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Litho-transfers │ 1│ │ 1│ 1│ 5│ 1│ │Vitreous │ 8│ │ 12│ 1│ 5│ 1│ │ enamelling │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Coach │ 70^4│ 1│ 89^6│ │ 74^4│ 1│ │ painting[261] │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Paints used in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ other │ 42^2│ 4│ 45^1│ 4│ 39^2│ 5│ │ industries │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Other industries│ 63^2│14[264]│ 56^3│ 8│ 57^3│10[265]│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │MERCURY │ 13│ 1│ 10│ │ 5│ 2│ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │PHOSPHORUS │ │ │ 1│ │ │ │ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ARSENIC │ 4│ │ 5│ 2│ 11^1│ 1│ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ANTHRAX │ 50^6│ 7│ 48^9│ 9^2│ 44^{11}│ 13^3│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │TOXIC JAUNDICE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────┴────────┴───────┴────────┴────┴────────┴───────┘
┌────────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┐ │ │ _Average_ │ 1900 │ │ │ 1903–05 │ │ ├────────────────┼────────┬─────┼────────┬─────┤ │ „ │ M. │ F. │ M. │ F. │ ├────────────────┼────────┼─────┼────────┼─────┤ │LEAD │501^{22}│100^1│884^{33}│174^5│ │ POISONING[260]│ │ │ │ │ │Tinning of │ 9│ 4│ 2│ 3│ │ metals │ │ │ │ │ │White lead │ 100^1│ 5^1│ 325^5│ 53^1│ │China and │ 39^3│ 56│ 95^4│105^4│ │ earthenware │ │ │ │ │ │Litho-transfers │ 2│ 7│ 3│ │ │Vitreous │ 1│ 2│ 8│ 3│ │ enamelling │ │ │ │ │ │Coach │ 60^4│ │ 70^5│ │ │ painting[261] │ │ │ │ │ │Paints used in │ │ │ │ │ │ other │ 36^2│ 4│ 50^5│ │ │ industries │ │ │ │ │ │Other industries│ 42^1│ 12│ 68^4│ 18│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │MERCURY │ 6│ │ 7│ 2│ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │PHOSPHORUS │ 1│ 1^1│ 1│ 2│ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ARSENIC │ 4│ │ 15^3│ 7│ │ POISONING │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ANTHRAX │ 43^{11}│ 9^2│ 28^5│ 9^2│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │TOXIC JAUNDICE │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────┴────────┴─────┴────────┴─────┘
INDEX
Aberdare, Lord, Home Secretary, 6
Abraham, Miss May, Inspector of Factories, vii, 9, 40, 201;
secretary to Lady Dilke, 9;
retirement, 13;
marriage, 13;
member of the Dangerous Trades Committee, 100.
_See_ Tennant
Accidents in factories, 139, 140;
in laundries, 141–146;
treatment, 147;
number, 196
Aerated water, 288
Aeroplanes, varnishing the wings, 129
Akers-Douglas, Rt. Hon. (Lord Chilston), Home Secretary, 192;
on Women Inspectors, 193
Alverstone, Lord, 207
America, “motion study,” 256
Anderson, Adelaide Mary, Inspector of Factories, 9
Anthrax, cases of, 95, 98, 115, 126, 306
Anti-Sweating Movement, 60
Antrim, 177
Ardara, 80
Arsenic, 95, 98, 288, 306
Asbestos industry, 96, 106
Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H., on Factory Laws, 10;
on Women Inspectors, 191, 192
Baden, Grand Duchy of, silk mills, 139
Bag-woman or carrier system, 90
_Beacon_, the, 252 _note_
Bedford College for Women, 270 _note_
Belfast, textile mill, case of half-timers, 55;
procession of workers, 75;
conference in, 109;
Congress of the Royal Sanitary Institute, 162, 268 _note_;
Health Commission, 175
Belgium, reformatory institutions, 182;
prevention of industrial fatigue, 255
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish, on the work of Women Inspectors, 195
Benzine, 288
Berlin, conference in, 10, 150
Bichromate of potassium, result of, 127, 290
Birmingham, prosecutions, 179;
munition factories, 231;
Congress of the Royal Sanitary Institute, 274
Birtwistle, Mr., Inspector of Textile Particulars, 85
Black Country factories, 43
Blackburn, 155
Board of Trade Wage Census, 63
Bonus system, 76
Bournville, conference at, 269
Branford, Victor, _Interpretations and Forecasts_, 149
Brass, 288
Bricks, glazing of, 120
Brickworks, 134
Briquettes, 288
Bristol, 80;
Women Workers, meeting, 9
Bronzing, dust from, 111, 288
Brooke-Gwynne, Maura, xi
Buffing of plated articles, 109
Burnley, 135, 155
Burns, Rt. Hon. John, on the work of Women Inspectors, 192
Cadbury, Mr., conference at Bournville, 269
Campbell, Dr. Janet, on Health of Women in Industry, 123 _note_;
_War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry_, 197
Canteens, result of, 257
Carbonic oxide poisoning, 127
Carotting, process of, 126
Celluloid, 290
Cement works, in Scotland, employment of women, 234
Chalmers, Sir Mackenzie, 11
Chapman, S. J., _Labour and Capital after the War_, 64 _note_, 227
_note_, 232 _note_
Chemical works, employment of women, 233
Chemicals, 290
Children, employment in factories, 131, 163–179;
result of lifting heavy weights, 131–135, 171;
examinations, 166, 168–174;
half-time system, 165, 177;
cases of rejection, 167;
in Ireland, 174–177;
number of, 177, 180
China scourers, 96;
mortality, 103–105
Christian Social Union Research Committee, 262
Chromate, lead, 120, 121, 290
Chrome holes, 127
Cleanliness of workshops, 45, 47, 48, 258
Clothing factories, wages, 67;
accidents, 146;
employment of mothers, 154;
number employed, 218, 225 _note_
Cohen, Miss H. F., 158
Colchester, clothing factories, 89;
rate of wages, 67
Collett, Miss Clara, Assistant Commissioner on Labour, 9
Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse, criticism on the work of Women Inspectors,
193
Collis, Dr. E. L., 96, 110;
Director of the Welfare Department, 274
_Commonwealth_, the, 18
Consumption, compulsory notification, 110
Cooke-Taylor, Whateley, 164;
_The Modern Factory System_, 57
Cornwall, 78, 83
Cotton Cloth Factories Act of 1889, 99
Cotton mills, driving system, 8;
fines, 73
Coventry, factories in, 179, 268
Dangerous Trades Committee 100, 111, 137
Deane, Miss Lucy, Inspector of Factories, 9, 80, 81, 87, 103, 116, 117,
181, 185
_Deane_ v. _Hulbert Beach_, 203;
v. _Wilson_, 76, 77
Dermatitis or inflammation of the skin, case of, 127, 128
Dickie, Mrs., Inspector, 176
Digby, Sir Kenelm, 11
Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles, on the work of Women Inspectors, 192, 194
Dilke, Lady, 9, 11
Dilution Officers of Munitions, 237
Donegal, experiences of Inspectors in, 213
_Donegal Vindicator_, 81 _note_
Dope poisoning, 129
Down, 177
Drage, Mr. Geoffrey, Secretary of the Labour Commission, 9
Drinking water, supply of, 46
Driving system, in cotton mills, 8
Drury, Mrs., Inspector, xi, 67;
sketch of a day’s work, 219–221.
_See_ Whitworth
Duckering, G. Elmhirst, Inspector of Factories, 101
Dundee, 155, 178
Dungloe, 81
Dust, dangers of, 102–112, 288
Edward IV., King, statute of, 58 _note_
Eight Hours Bill, 8
Electric accumulator industry, 115, 292
Electro-plate works, Sheffield, 109
Elementary Education Act, 166 _note_
Emergency Orders, 230, 239, 241
Employment of Children, Royal Commission of 1841, 103;
Act, 135, 136;
Committee on, in 1901, 168
“Employment of Mothers,” 156
Enamelling of metals, 100, 101, 292
Escreet, Miss, Inspector of Factories, xi, 92, 264
Fabian Society, 8
Factories, Women Inspectors, vii, ix, 1, 5, 7, 9;
number of, 15;
their work, 19;
evils of the system, 24–27;
hours of work, 27–34, 39, 239–244;
evils of overtime, 35–39;
defective sanitation, 39–44;
supply of drinking water, 46;
lighting, 46–50;
system of fines, 68–72;
practice of raffling, 72;
bonus system, 76;
dangerous processes, 94;
special rules, 95–98, 113;
mechanical ventilation, 100;
records, 112;
Women Medical Inspectors, 122;
accidents in, 139;
register of, 140;
employment of mothers, 150–163;
number of, 161, 180, 225 _note_;
employment of children, 163–179;
number of, 177;
half-time system, 165, 177;
daily visits of inspection, 216;
substitution of women, 233–239, 245;
welfare movement, 253–272;
women superintendents, 260, 268;
provision for meals, 261–264, 271;
neglect of seats, 265–267;
weight lifting, 267;
first-aid and ambulance work, 267;
hygienic safeguards, 272;
surveys, 273;
orders for welfare condition, 276–278;
committees, 278–281, 284;
series of welfare pamphlets, 281;
improved conditions, 282–285
Factories and Miscellaneous Provisions Act of 1916, 46
Factory Act of 1802, 150;
of 1878, 6, 7, 28 _note_, 49 _note_, 202;
of 1891, 10, 13, 97, 150, 166 _note_;
of 1895, 13, 31, 32, 49, 85, 191;
of 1901, 29, 30 _note_, 31, 33, 45, 49, 92, 94, 97, 127 _note_, 131,
166 _note_, 171, 182, 202, 230 _note_;
of 1907, 33, 186
Factory system, 4;
a workers’ welfare committee in a national factory, 278
Faithful, Miss Emily, letter to _The Times_, 6
Fencing of machinery, the term, 12;
accidents from, 139, 144
Fines, system of, 68–72
Fish-curing industry, 31, 128, 276 _note_;
number employed, 225 _note_
Flax preparation and carding, mortality, 102, 294
Flax scutch mills, 109
Ford, Miss I. O., 8
Foxford Convent, Mayo, 181
France, reformatory institutions, 182, 183;
industrial legislation, 199 _note_, 255
Fruit industry, 32;
number employed, 225 _note_
_Fullers, Ltd._ v. _Squire_, 204
Fustian clothing factories, 89
Gas stoves, unhooded, 49
Gasworks, employment of women, 235
George I., King, statute of, 58 _note_
Germany, reformatory institutions, 182, 183;
industrial legislation, 199 _note_, 255
Gladstone, Viscount, Departmental Committee, 105, 118 _note_;
on the increase of Women Inspectors, 194
Glasgow Trade Union Congress, 7
Glass factories of Sunderland, 135
Goadby, Dr. Kenneth W., _Lead Poisoning and Lead Absorption_, 99, 112
_note_, 114
Goods, payment in, evils of, 59, 62, 78, 80–85
Grimsby, 31
Haldane, Viscount, address to Factory Inspectors, 207
Half-time system, 165, 177
Hanley, 155
Hatch, Sir Ernest, Departmental Committee, 106, 118
Haynes, Miss Dorothy, 200 _note_
Heading yarn dyed in lead chromate, cases of poisoning, 120, 121, 304
Health Commission, in Belfast, Report of the, 175
Health Insurance, National, 121, 158, 162
Health, Ministry of, 152
Health of Munition Workers Committee, 237, 241, 242, 244, 247, 256
_note_, 257 _note_
Hewitt, Dr. E. M., 96
Hill, Dr. Leonard, 99
Hills, Mr., 195
Holland, Canon Scott, on the work of Factory Inspectors, 18
Home Office Memorandum on Substitution of Women, 229 _note_, 236
Homework, Select Committee on, 60
Hood, Thomas, _Song of the Shirt_, 8
Hosiery factories, teazle brushing, 108
Hours of work, 27–34, 39, 239–244;
reduction, 52
Hygiene and Industrial Employment, address on, 162
_Illumination in Factories_, 46
India-rubber works, 125, 298
Industrial Fatigue Research Board, 248
Industrial Law Indemnity Fund, 22
Industries, dangerous and unhealthy, 94, 287;
preventive measures, 288–305
Infant mortality, high rate of, 154
Institutions, reformatory or charitable, method of administration, 151,
182–189
Ireland, letters of thanks to Inspectors, 55;
wages of dressmakers, 80;
payment in goods, 80–83;
prosecutions, 82;
employment of children, 174–177;
convent industries, 181;
institutional laundries, 184
Italy, prevention of industrial fatigue, 255
Joteyko, Dr. Josefa, _Science of Labour_, 198, 246
Kent, Prof. Stanley, 255 _note_
Kid-glove makers, payment of, 84
Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement, _Women and Industrial Changes_, 225 _note_
Kippering industry case, 213
Kropotkin, Prince, _Fields, Factories and Workshops_, 280
Labels, injurious practice of licking, 137–139
_Labour and Capital after the War_, 245 _note_
Labour Convention of 1919, 10
Labour, International Conference, at Berlin, 10
Labour, Ministry of, 237
Labour, Royal Commission on, 3, 9, 42
Lace-tinting industry, 110
Lakeman, Mr., on the evils of working overtime, 35
Lancashire, Limited Liability Company, case against, 42;
employment of mothers, 159
Laundries, hours of work, 32–34;
seaside, 38;
carbonic oxide poisoning, 127;
accidents in, 141–146;
remedies against, 142;
number, 143;
prosecutions, 145;
employment of mothers, 151–154;
institutional, 151, 184–188;
women employed, 180, 218, 225 _note_
Lead chromate, 120, 121, 290
Lead poisoning, 96, 100, 298, 304, 306
Leeds, factories, 89;
practice of raffling goods, 72
Legge, Dr. T. M., Senior Medical Inspector, xi, 96, 97, 107, 129;
Occupational Diseases, 99 _note_;
Lead Poisoning and Lead Absorption, 99 _note_, 112 _note_, 114
Lighting of factories and workshops, 46–50;
Committee on, 47
Linen-weaving factory, system of fines, 71
London, factories, 89;
School of Economics, 270 _note_
Longton, 104, 155
Lovibond, Miss, 112, 135.
_See_ Moorcroft
Lowestoft, fishing industry, 31, 276 _note_
Lucifer match factory, case of, 79
Lushington, Sir Godfrey, 11
Lye, bucket industry, 154
Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred, 195
MacArthur, Miss Mary, 37
Macdonald, Mr. Ramsay, 195
Machinery, fencing of, 12;
accidents from, 139
Manchester, practice of raffling goods, 72;
“making-up” warehouses, 136
Manufacturers, Association of, 71, 75
Martindale, Miss Hilda, x, 23, 55, 56, 71, 80, 83, 109, 116, 119, 134,
156, 174, 176, 179, 185;
_Hygiene and Industrial Employment_, 162, 268 _note_
Mary, H.M. Queen, Fund, 188
Match-making industry, 124
Matthews, Rt. Hon. Henry, Home Secretary, 7
McKenna, Rt. Hon. R., on the work of Women Inspectors, 193
Meals, provision for, in factories, 261–264, 271
Medical Inspectors, 20, 95
Men, number employed in factories, 15, 16;
Inspectors, work of the, 20, 196;
number, 15
Mercerised cotton yarn dust, 108
Mercurial poisoning, cases of, 124–126, 306
Meredith, George, 224
Messrooms, 258, 262
Metals, enamelling and tinning of, 100, 101 _note_, 292, 304
Mill gearing, 12 _note_
Mill girls, deputation of, 222
Mines Acts, 97
Moorcroft, Mrs., 112.
_See_ Lovibond
Morrell, Mr., 195
Mothers, employment of, 150–163;
maternity fund, 157;
cases of, 158–162;
number, 161
Mulhouse, maternity fund, 157
Munition workers, number of, 228, 239;
long hours, 239–244
National Liberal Federation, meeting, 10
National Service, Ministry of, 237
Necrosis, cases of, 125
Needle-puncturing accidents, 146
Nicotine poisoning, 127
Niven, Dr., on the cleanliness of workshops, 48
Oastler, Richard, 3
Oram, Mr. R. E. Sprague, H.M. Chief Inspector, 13, 19;
retirement, 13, 19
Osborn, Mr. E. H., H.M. Superintending Inspector of Factories, 99, 102
Outwork, evil of, 30
Overtime, working, 28;
evils of, 35–39
Owen, Robert, 3, 253
Papworth, Miss Wyatt, Secretary of the Women’s Industrial Council, 36
Paterson, Mrs. Emma Ann, founds the Women’s Protective League, 6
Paterson, Miss Mary, Inspector of Factories, vii, xi, 9, 56, 72, 103,
115, 156, 160, 161, 166, 167, 171, 173, 185, 201;
on insanitary conditions, 41;
case of overcrowding, 44
Paterson, Mr. Thomas, 6
Peace Treaty of 1919, 10
Peel, Sir R., 3
Pendock, Mr. C. R., Inspector of Factories, 99, 101;
_Observations on Ventilation of Potteries and Removal of Dust_, 102
_note_
Pen-making trade, 88, 92;
system of “cards,” 93
Peripatetic Inspectors, 210
Perry, Miss, 145
Phosphorus necrosis, 124, 306
Physical Deterioration, Committee on, 155
Piecework, payment of, 85–93
Plumbism, cases of, 116, 290
Poisoning, cases of, 98, 306
Police Act, the little, 274–278
Police, Factories, etc., Act, 254 _note_
Potteries, records, 112;
Fund, 118
Pottery Code of Regulations, 117
_Power Laundry, The_, 33
Pratt, Mr. Hodgson, 6
Presbyterian Church, General Assembly of the, on child labour, 177
Preston, 155
Public Health Acts, 45, 207
Purdon, Dr., 102
Rabbit skins, dust from, 126, 170 _note_
Raffling, practice of, 72
Reconstruction, Ministry of, 237
_Redgrave_ v. _Kelly_, case of, 75
Reformatory institutions, administration, 151, 182–189
Religious institutions, workers, 181
Rent, deductions for, 79
Ridley, Rt. Hon. Sir Matthew White, Home Secretary, 10;
on Women Factory Inspectors, 191
Rowntree, Mr. Seebohm, Director of the Welfare Department, 232, 273
Royal Sanitary Institute, Congress at Belfast, 162
Rubber articles, 124, 125
Rubber tyre factory, system of fines, 69
Russell, Lord, of Killowen, 207
Sadler, Michael, 3
Sadler, Miss, Inspector of Factories, 114 _note_, 122
Safety-pin factory, system of deductions, 69
Sanitation, defective, in factories and workshops, 39–44
_Schofield_ v. _Schunk_, 146
School Child Leaflet, 274
Scientific instrument making, 236
Scotland, cement works, employment of women, 234
Seats, lack of, in factories, 265–267
_Service Magazine_, 280
Shaftesbury, Earl of, 3, 7, 164
Sheffield, electro-plate works, 109;
conference in, 259;
dinner clubs, 263
Shell factory, 251
Shetland, 78
Shift systems, 242
Silk waste carding and spinning, 107
Simon, Sir John, 104
Slocock, Miss, Inspector of Factories, 85, 178
Smith, Adam, 62
Smith, Sydney, 99
Somerset, 78, 83
Squire, Miss R. E., Inspector of Factories, x, 10, 60, 72, 73, 81, 82,
87, 88, 107, 108, 113, 120, 132, 136, 148, 152, 155, 156, 169, 178,
181, 199 _note_, 203, 271;
member of a Committee on Lighting in Factories, 47;
cases, 53, 54;
on the wages of girls, 65;
in charge of the Women’s Welfare Department, 274
_Squire_ v. _Boyer & Co._, 205;
v. _Midland Lace Company_, 85;
v. _Sweeney_, 83, 85
Staffordshire Potteries, 43, 116, 131, 133, 136, 155
Star, the, 37
Steel works in Yorkshire, employment of women, 234
Stoke-on-Trent, 104
Stourbridge, brick-making, 154
Stuart, Prof. William, _Economic Annals of the Nineteenth Century_, 164
_note_;
_Substitution of Women in Industry_, 229 _note_
Substitutes, women as. _See_ Women Workers
Sunderland, glass factories, 135
Sweated Industries, Exhibition of 1906, 60
Sweating system, 8
Tailoring trade, 89
Tawney, Mr. R. H., _Minimum Rates in the Tailoring Trade_, 67
Taylor, Mr. Stevenson, Inspector of Factories, 99
Taylor, Mr. Theodore, tribute to the work of Women Inspectors, 192
Teazle-brushing machines, guards for, 108, 148
Temperature of workrooms, 44, 50
Tennant, Mrs. H. J., 9, 192, 207;
Chairman of the Industrial Law Indemnity Fund, 22.
_See_ Abraham
Textile factories, number employed, 218, 225 _note_
Theatrical costume industry, 37;
cases of overtime, 38
Time-cribbing, suppression of, 38
Tinning of metals, 100, 101, 304
Tinplate works, loads, 132, 133
Tobacco works, cases of poisoning, 127
Toxic jaundice, cases of, 129, 306
Tracey, Miss A., Inspector of Factories, 9, 23, 121, 143, 148, 185
_Tracey_ v. _Pretty_, 206
Trade Boards Act of 1909, 60
Trade Union Congress, Bristol, 7;
Glasgow, 7;
organisation for women, 3
Troup, Sir Edward, 11
Truck, meaning of the word, 58;
committee on, 60, 69, 76
Truck Acts, 27, 78; of 1831, 58, 73, 75, 85;
of 1887, 58, 75, 85;
of 1896, 58, 70, 73, 75
Tuckwell, Miss Gertrude, Hon. Sec. of the Women’s Trade Union League,
56;
_The Jeopardy of a Department_, 57 _note_
Unemployment, 281
Urwick, Prof., 269
Vandevelde, Mr., the Belgian, 286
Varley, Miss Julia, article in the _Yorkshire Factory Times_, 25 _note_
Ventilation of workrooms, 40, 44, 47, 100
Vines, Miss, Inspector of Factories, 116, 134 _note_, 145, 178, 179
Wage Census of 1886 and 1906, 63
Wages of women, 59, 63–68;
payment in goods, 59, 62, 78, 80–85;
deductions, 64–66, 68–72;
system of fines, 68–72
War, the Great, 14, 16, 27, 85, 113, 128, 178, 188, 253;
women’s work in the, 224, 226–236;
tributes to, 231
War, munitions of, production, 228
War Museum, National, 227, 232
Weaving, art of, 251
Weights, heavy, lifting, 130–136, 267, 302
Welfare Department, 272;
movement in factories, 253–272;
trained women superintendents, 260, 268
Werner, Mr. E. A. R., Inspector of Factories, 106
Whitaker, Dr., 102
White lead industry, cases of poisoning, 114–117, 120–122, 149, 298,
304;
regulations, 118;
preventive measures, 120
Whitelegge, Sir Arthur, M.D., Chief Inspector of Factories, 13, 19, 97
Whitley Report, 123
Whitlock, Miss, M.B., 106, 109, 110, 138, 147, 262, 268;
reports on lead cases, 112, 119, 121;
transferred to the Industrial Schools Department, 113
Whitworth, Miss, 67, 261.
_See_ Drury
Williams, Mr., Superintending Inspector, 99
Wilson, Mr. D. R., _Illumination in Factories_, 46
Women Assistant Commissioners on Labour, 9
Women Dilution Officers, employment of, 198
Women Inspectors, vii, ix, 1, 5;
appointment, 7, 9;
official status, 11;
work, 11–14, 78, 124, 191, 198–223, 270;
number, 14, 192, 218, 237;
testimony to, 18;
detection of cases of overtime, 35–39;
value of their visits, 52;
relations with the workers, 53–55;
letters of thanks, 55;
evidence on the result of low wages, 59, 63;
cases, 80–82, 202, 209;
reports on payment of piecework, 87;
inquiries into dangerous processes, 95;
taking of records, 112;
tributes to their work, 191–195, 222;
study of foreign industrial legislation, 199;
higher education, 201;
prosecutions, 202–210;
address from Lord Haldane, 207;
reading for the Bar, 209;
peripatetic, 210;
experiences in the courts, 214;
daily visits of inspection, 216;
inspection of munitions factories, 235, 239;
reports on the result of long hours of work, 240–244
Women Medical Inspectors, 122
Women superintendents in factories, 260, 268
Women Welfare Officers, 237
Women Workers, National Council of, meeting at Bristol, 9;
number employed in factories, 15, 16, 225 _note_;
characteristics, 22;
courage, 22–24;
evils of the system, 24–27;
hours of work, 27–34, 39;
relations with the Inspectors, 53;
complaints against managers, 53–55;
wages, 59, 63–68;
dangerous processes, 94;
rules for safeguarding, 95–98, 113;
injuries from lead processes on maternity, 116, 149;
result of lifting heavy weights, 132–136, 267;
number employed in laundries, 180;
work in the War, 224, 226–236;
substitutes, 227, 233–239, 245;
tributes to, 231;
in engineering, chemical and gasworks, 231, 233–235;
result of their wartime experiences, 246–249
Women and Young Persons Act, 1920, 115
Women’s Employment Committee, Report, 4, 18, 150, 158, 237
Women’s Industrial Council, 36
_Women’s Industrial News_, 198, 200
Women’s Institute, founded, 226
Women’s Liberal Association, 8
Women’s Protective and Provident League, founded, 6
Women’s Trade Union League, 6, 56
_Women’s Union Journal_, extract from, 7
_Women’s War Work_, 232 _note_
Wörishoffer, Dr., 183
Work, function of, 250
Workers’ Trustees Council, 279
Workers’ Welfare Committee, 278
Working men appointed Inspectors, 7, 8
Workshops, number of, 15;
defective sanitation, 39–44;
ventilation, 40, 44, 47;
lack of heating, 40;
overcrowding, 44;
temperature, 44, 50, 99;
drainage, 45;
cleanliness, 45, 47;
supply of drinking water, 46;
lighting, 46–50
Yarmouth, fish-curing industry, 32, 276
Yarn, heading, dyed in lead chromate, 120, 121, 304
Yeovil, 84
Yorkshire factories, 43, 234
_Yorkshire Factory Times_, 25 _note_
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Footnote 1:
See Note, p. 21.
Footnote 2:
Minutes of Evidence, Group C, Vol. I. Questions 4638 and 6830.
Footnote 3:
Report of Women’s Employment Committee, Ministry of Reconstruction,
1919, Cd. 9239, p. 60.
Footnote 4:
_Ibid._
Footnote 5:
Afterwards the Women’s Trade Union League.
Footnote 6:
From an obituary notice by Hodgson Pratt in the _Women’s Union
Journal_, in December, 1886.
Footnote 7:
“Fencing” is a term used but not defined in the Factory Act, in
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