Women in the factory
- Subtitle
- an administrative adventure, 1893 to 1921
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1. Front matter2. FOREWORD3. AUTHOR’S PREFACE4. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION: HOW WOMEN INSPECTORS CAME, AND WHAT THEY CAME TO DO5. CHAPTER II THE WOMEN WORKERS AND THEIR APPEAL; EXCESSIVE HOURS, INSANITATION, AND OTHER UNCIVILISED CONDITIONS6. CHAPTER III WOMEN’S WAGES AND THE TRUCK ACTS; THE PIECEWORKER AND HER PAY7. CHAPTER IV DANGEROUS AND INJURIOUS PROCESSES; ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY8. CHAPTER V EMPLOYMENT OF MOTHERS; YOUNG WORKERS; CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS9. CHAPTER VI THE LIFE OF THE INSPECTOR AND ITS INFLUENCE ON LEGISLATION; EXPERIENCES IN COURTS10. CHAPTER VII THE WAR AND WOMEN SUBSTITUTES; NEW LIGHT ON HOURS, LABOUR-SAVING, FATIGUE, FOOD, AND EFFICIENCY11. CHAPTER VIII FACTORY WELFARE AND ITS RECOGNITION BY PARLIAMENT; WORKS’ COMMITTEES AND WELFARE MANAGEMENT12. APPENDIX I DANGEROUS AND UNHEALTHY INDUSTRIES13. APPENDIX II TABLE OF REPORTED CASES OF INDUSTRIAL POISONING AND ANTHRAX (SECTION 73 OF THE FACTORY ACT, 1901).14. INDEX