1833 Factory Act

In 1833, during the reign of King William IV of Great Britain, the Factory Act was passed.
It prohibited children aged less than nine from work in factories.
It reduced the working hours of women and older children.
Suppose there was no Factory Act. What happens then?
 
I guess things are even worse. Seems like a very timid beginning. So, it's okay for children who have reached nine years of age to be working in the factory?

And it's treating women as delicate rather than as strong mothers and trying to improve health and safety conditions for all adults. But that would require another ATL where women don't have their rights curtailed and/or an earlier rise of feminism.
 
If there was no Factory Act, employers would not be required to have an age certificate for their child workers.
Children 9 to 13 years old might be working more than nine hours a day.
 
I think that the 1833 Factory Act was a good attempt to establish a normal working day in a single department of industry: textile manufacture.
 
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