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<blockquote data-quote="lismore" data-source="post: 62261912" data-attributes="member: 89545"><p>I looked up a website online to get more info:</p><p></p><p>Working alongside the women would be thousands of children. Again they commanded only low wages, and being so small meant they could pack the machines closer together. <strong>Children under nine would work as &#8216;pickers&#8217;, cleaning dust from beneath the machines.</strong></p><p></p><p>Health hazards were unavoidable. The heat, dust, grease and oil fumes caused a condition known as &#8216;Mill fever&#8217;, which would lead to respiratory diseases like bronchitis. <strong>And there was always the risk of accidents with the machines, graphic descriptions of which were common reading in the local newspaper.</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rrsdiscovery.com/index.php?pageID=116" target="_blank">Verdant Works - Jute Industry in Dundee</a></p><p></p><p>The phrases 'Children under nine' 'graphic accidents' and 'common reading' - very concerning indeed<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lismore, post: 62261912, member: 89545"] I looked up a website online to get more info: Working alongside the women would be thousands of children. Again they commanded only low wages, and being so small meant they could pack the machines closer together. [B]Children under nine would work as ‘pickers’, cleaning dust from beneath the machines.[/B] Health hazards were unavoidable. The heat, dust, grease and oil fumes caused a condition known as ‘Mill fever’, which would lead to respiratory diseases like bronchitis. [B]And there was always the risk of accidents with the machines, graphic descriptions of which were common reading in the local newspaper.[/B] [url=http://www.rrsdiscovery.com/index.php?pageID=116]Verdant Works - Jute Industry in Dundee[/url] The phrases 'Children under nine' 'graphic accidents' and 'common reading' - very concerning indeed:( [/QUOTE]
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