Extraordinary 19th Century British and Irish images now available on The Origins Network - (www.originsnetwork.com)

The Commission investigated children’s employment in dozens of trades and manufactures throughout Great Britain. Sub-Commissioners reported from all over England, from North Wales, from the East and West of Scotland, and from the North and South of Ireland. They undertook the interviews and related investigations personally, and their reports are often very detailed. Most reports cover the following topics: nature of employment, state of the place or work, hours of work, meals, accidents, holidays, wages, health, moral and intellectual condition. Other topics include the employees’ housing and leisure.

This extraordinary source can be used in many ways. You can find out about working conditions in factories in the first half of the 19th century, all over the British Isles. You can find out how your forebears lived, the kind of housing they stayed in, what they ate, what they did in their leisure time, how much money they earned. You can learn about their education, both temporal and spiritual – there is considerable coverage of the children’s moral welfare.

There is often detailed information about occupations, the nature of the business, what the various activities were, the different types of job, and the types of machinery used (including illustrations in some cases). So if you are seeking information about the occupation of some 19th century ancestor, these reports are an excellent resource.

Evidence is stated by means of interviews with the employers, adult workers and children, relating to the work and life style conditions of the children.

An amazing and fascinating insight into conditions of work and peoples' lifestyle in 1842, in their own words.


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