Appendix B to the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition of all mines in Great Britain to which the provisions of the Act 23 & 24 Vict. Cap. 151 do not apply, with reference to the health and safety of persons employed in such mines. / Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Mines
Date:
1864
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Credit: Appendix B to the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition of all mines in Great Britain to which the provisions of the Act 23 & 24 Vict. Cap. 151 do not apply, with reference to the health and safety of persons employed in such mines. / Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    1 A, trpovQ m m 3 c J- 55 i fi - - . \ I 55 / JCdlS 2 „ 7 or 8 years 2 „ 8i years 1 5) 55 1 „ 11 or 12 years 1 „ 12 years 1 „ 15 or 16 years 1 „ 20 years I „ 25 or 26 years 1 28 years . - - 1 48 Ages at which the Miners commenced working Underground. Table showing the Assigned Causes of Illness in the fully reported cases of disease among the Miners. Cases. Working in damp and draughty shafts - - 3 Repairing the neck of the shaft in underground clothing - - - - - 1 Working in cold damp - - - - 2 Working in a cold mine in the granite, in which the drainage was stopped - - - 1 Working in cold and damp mine in the granite after being accustomed to a warm one in the killas - - - - - 1 Got chilled in cold and damp place after work- ing hajd, and when sweating - - 5 Got chilled from waiting in the shaft for the engine to bring him up after working in a warm place - - - - 1 Putting on clothes which he had taken off when working! n the mine, and which were wet - 1 Keeping on his flannel when at work, and getting it wet with sweat - - 1 Got chilled in walking from the shaft to the changing house through the rain, after having been heated from working in a close place - - - - - 1 Putting on clothes in which he liad walked through the rain to the mine, and which were still wet ' - - - - 1 Washing in cold water after coming out of the mine - - - - - 1 Working in wet and draughty places ■■ - I Working in very wet places - - - 1 Working in wet and hot places - - ] Working in bad or poor air, or in close places 8 Working in bad air and getting cold - - 1 Working in bad air and cold damp - - 1 Working in bad air and dry and dusty places 1 Working in bad air, and in hot, dry, and dusty places - - - - - 1 Working in a close and hot place, and in a constrained position - - - 1 Working in bad air and in a wet place - - 1 Working in bad air and want of sufficient food 1 Irregularity in taking his meals - - 1 Injured by the arsenic in the tin and copper ores - • - - - 1 Took cold at the surface - - - - 2 Got chilled at the surface when under the influence of drink - - - 1 Worn out by hard work - - - 2 Worn out by hard work and poor air - - 1 45 Table of the Ages of the Miners found at work in different Mines in August 1862. Numbers. Ratio per cent. 7 25-2 11 to 15 inclusive. 23 16 to 20 >> 94 21 to 30 147 31 to 40 86 41 to 50 76 51 to 60 55 31 61 to 63 55 7 -233 50-2 23-06 1-5 464 Ages. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 30 40 Ratio per cent. 8-6 86 38 39-8 24- 18-5 8-1 464 Mean i 14 '6 years. Under 1 year 1 year 2 years 3 ■ 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 -^6 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 47 48 49 50 Period during which the Miners had worked Under- ground. Numbers. 6 19 16 80 18 20^ 23- 21 14 ^100 13 29 J 1.3-- 24 13 y 72 13 9^ 9- 12 9 1. 49 10 9. Ratio per cent. 1-29 17-2 21-5 15-5 10-5 10-5 25 24 16 5-1 3-4 1-07 464 Mean age .30-69. Mean period 16-2 years, or 16-6 years exclusive of those under one year.