Why Were Factory Workers Punished For Not Following Factory Rule

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Conditions in factories and mines pg. 73 1. Why would factory owners not want their employees to have access to a clock or a watch?
Factory owners didn’t want their employees to have a watch or clock because then they wouldn’t be able to know what time it is. If they had a clock or watch they would stop working to look at the time and then if they realised there shift was nearly over they would slow down and not work as efficiently. 2. How were factory workers punished for not following factory rules?
The factory workers were beaten when they didn’t follow the factory rules and sometimes they were beaten so badly that they died. Not long after a few beatings the other factory workers
4. In what ways were all members of a family engaged in coalmining?
The whole family used to engage themselves in coalmining because they all had certain jobs. The Father and Son(s) would cut the coal with picks, while the mothers and daughter(s) carried the coal to the surface. There were many different ways of doing this process. The younger girls could also crawl through narrow tunnels bringing some coal with them and the older women would climb ladders or steps with the coal. 5. What were the consequences of the inquiry by the Mines Commission in the early 1840s?
Over the next two years the Mines Commission was established, and mine workers were called to give evidence recounting their personal experiences. As a result of this, the Parliament passed the Mines Act 1842. This changed the law resulting in the prevention of girls and women and boys under the age of 10 from working underground in the
7. The artists who drew sources 3, 4 and 5 were attempting to present the negative side of child labour. Explain how each artist has achieved this in their drawings.
Each artist that has drawn source 3, 4 and 5 presented the negative side of child labour in several ways and one of which from source 3 is that he has drawn the boy on his hands and knees pulling a cart of coal that was chained to his leg. In source 4 you can see the negative side of child labour because there is a child hiding in the corner weeping because he doesn’t want to do his job. In source 5 the boy has bad facial expressions and body language leading me to think that he is unhappy and sad about the job he is doing, also he looks in bad condition and very scruffy.
Urban conditions and people’s health pg. 77 1. Explain two ways in which the builders of houses in the factory towns kept costs