Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission

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government report series public inquiry report

Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission were a series of 19th-century British government investigations documenting the harsh and exploitative working conditions of child laborers in factories and mines.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Children’s Employment Commission 1842	1
Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission canonical	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government report series ⓘ public inquiry report ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
basedOn	factory inspections ⓘ medical evidence ⓘ testimony of child workers ⓘ testimony of employers ⓘ testimony of parents ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
describes	agricultural gangs ⓘ chimney sweeping ⓘ coal mines ⓘ domestic industries ⓘ industrial revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ metal mines ⓘ textile factories ⓘ
documented	dangerous machinery ⓘ lack of schooling for working children ⓘ long working hours for children ⓘ physical abuse of child workers ⓘ unsanitary workplaces ⓘ
field	industrial history ⓘ labor history ⓘ social reform ⓘ
hasPart	First Report of the Children’s Employment Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Report of the Children’s Employment Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Report of the Children’s Employment Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ subsequent supplementary reports ⓘ
influenced	Factory Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Mines and Collieries Act 1842 NERFINISHED ⓘ subsequent child labour laws in Britain ⓘ
jurisdiction	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	child labour ⓘ education of working children ⓘ factory legislation ⓘ factory work ⓘ health of workers ⓘ hours of labour ⓘ industrial accidents ⓘ mine work ⓘ wages of children ⓘ working conditions ⓘ
publisher	Her Majesty’s Stationery Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	document working conditions of children ⓘ expose exploitation of child labour ⓘ inform labour legislation ⓘ
temporalCoverage	19th century ⓘ
usedBy	historians of labour ⓘ social reformers ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Cry of the Children → inspiredBy → Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ

Mines Act 1842 → inspiredBy → Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Children’s Employment Commission 1842