Children's Employment Commission First Report of the Commissioners (Mines) (Document ID: 100911)
Nature of employment in coal mines. Halifax pages from Parliamentary Commission Report, incl images.
Author: Children's Employment Commission
Date: 1842
Location: Halifax
Format: Parliamentary Paper
Document ID: 100911
Library ID: Q331.31
These pages include drawings illustrating the conditions of employemnt for children in the mines.
This Royal Commission is one of the many surveys that were undertaken at a national, regional and local level to investigate specific problems in society. It forms part of an enormous collection of Parliamentary papers that provide detailed information on a multitude of topics. This particular survey records in meticulous detail the working conditions of children in local mines, and includes vivid line drawings which greatly enhance the text.
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