What were the conditions of an 1800s textile mill worker?

Answer 1

The good/bad conditions in the mills.

Good Conditions.

• If they did good work they got extra pay
• Some mills had an accident book
• Some mills had medical treatments
• Some mill owners only employed people over 10
• Some children lived in an apprentice house where they get shelter, beds & clothes (Usually Orphans)
• In some mills children were allowed to go to church & had an education
• Some factory owners billed or made children work longer as a punishment instead of beating them
• Some mills gave children a bit of time to play & tell stories
• they let the children run away from oli white.

Bad Conditions.

• The Building was like a prison
• Mill owners used to buy orphans from workhouses to work in their factories
• They bribed children
• Orphans had no parents to 'stick up for them'
• Its like slavery
• They didn't wear safety equipment or even shoes
• There were no guards on the machines
• They wore loose clothes and had long hair which could get caught in machines
• Mainly Got Porridge and bread
• Most Children were half starved
• There hearing gets damaged by the noise on the machines
• They got covered in oil & had no soap
• They'd lock people up in tiny rooms as a punishment
• Children would die & no one would notice, like they'd just disappeared
• Tiredness made people careless
• They had damp rooms so the cotton didn't snap and they kept the windows closed to keep damp in which made it hot.
• Children's bones were deformed and didn't grow properly because of crouching and carrying weights. some people like to eat the cheese out of.