Chimney Sweepers Act 1834
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the better Regulation of Chimney Sweepers and their Apprentices, and for the safer Construction of Chimneys and Flues.
Citation4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 35
Dates
Royal assent25 July 1834
Expired1 January 1840
1 July 1842 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 85)
Other legislation
Repeals/revokesChimney Sweepers Act 1788
Relates toChimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840
Status: Expired
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Chimney Sweepers Act 1834 was a British Act of Parliament passed to try to stop child labour. Many boys as young as six were being used as chimney sweeps.

This act stated that an apprentice must express himself in front of a magistrate that he was willing and desirous. Masters must not take on boys under the age of fourteen. An apprentice could not be lent to another master. The master could only have six apprentices. Boys under fourteen who were already apprenticed, must wear brass cap badges on a leather cap. Apprentices were not allowed to climb flues to extinguish fires. Street cries were regulated.[1]

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Bibliography
  • Strange, K.H. (1982). Climbing Boys: A Study of Sweeps' Apprentices 1772-1875 (PDF). London/Busby: Allison & Busby. ISBN 0-85031-431-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2011.


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