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D6948 - Messrs W G and J Strutt of Belper, cotton spinners - 1751-1938
- H - Child workforce registers and certificate books under assorted Factory Acts - 1836-1938
  - 5 - Registers under the Factory and Workshop Acts of the Belper factory of WG & J Strutt - 1879-1938

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6948/H/5/1
Former Reference	D6948/14/19
Title	Register [under the Factory and Workshop Act 1878] of the Belper factory of WG & J Strutt
Date	Jan 1879-Aug 1883
Description	(i) general information on the cotton spinning factory at Bridge Street, Belper, Aug 1879 (ii) dates of holidays and half-holidays, April 1879-July 1880 (iii) dates when the dates the factory was limewashed, May 1879-Dec 18[82] (iv) list of children employed in the factory, with columns for surname, Christian name, residence [place, not detailed], date of first employment, names of father and mother, date of birth, signature of certifying surgeon, date of signature [by surgeon], and remarks on when child ceased to be employed and when they became ‘young persons’, Jan 1879-Jan 1883 (v) list of young persons [aged under 18], with columns for surname, Christian name, residence [place, not detailed], date of first employment [including information back to Jan 1873], names of father and mother, date of birth, signature of certifying surgeon, date of signature [by surgeon], dates of educational certificates, and remarks, May 1879-Aug 1883 Labelled 144 on first page. Front and back covers both missing half torn off.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Messrs W G & J Strutt
Archive Creator	English Sewing Cotton Company Limited
Format	Document
Term	Child labour
	Employees
	Factory workers
	Workers

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