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10.
The practical and detailed provisions appear in the
regulations in the Schedule.
intended to be final.
dealing with the problem.
These regulations are not
They form a tentative proposal for
It is obviously necessary to
approach the problem dautiously and slowly, in order to
avoid upsetting long established social and economic condi- tions.
Too drastic and sudden an interference with the present conditions of juvenile labour would undoubtedly cause great hardship to the poorer classes.
11.
Regulation 1 specifies three dangerous trades, and Regulation 2 provides that no child is to be employed in a
dangeroue trade. The two trades reported upon by the Commission as dangerous were boiler chipping and glass making The manufacture of fireworks has been added on the sugges-
It will be no-
tion of the District Watchmen Committee.
ticed that the term "dangerous" is meant to include trades
which are injurious to health as well as those which are
dangerous in the ordinary sense.
12.
Regulation 3 provides that no child under the age of
10 years is to be employed in any factory. This age may
be low by European standards, but the reasons for fixing the
age so low are given in the Report of the Commission.
13.
Regulation 4 provides that no child under the age of
12 years is to be employed in carrying coal or building
material or débris.
14. Regulation 5 provides for a running record of children
employed in factories.
15. Regulations 6 to 10 deal with the question of hours
of labour.
16.
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