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Chimney Sweepers Act 1875

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for further amending the Law relating to Chimney Sweepers.
Citation	38 & 39 Vict. c. 70
Territorial extent	Did not extend to Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	11 August 1875
Commencement	31 December 1875
Other legislation
Repealed by	Chimney Sweepers Acts (Repeal) Act 1938
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Chimney Sweepers Act 1875 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that superseded the Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840 passed to try to stop child labour. The bills, proposed by Lord Shaftesbury, were triggered by the death of twelve-year-old George Brewster, whose master had caused him to climb and clean the chimney at Fulbourn Hospital.

The Chimney Sweepers Act 1875 was repealed for England and Wales by section 1(1) of the Chimney Sweepers Acts (Repeal) Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 58).

The 1840 Act prohibited any person under 21 being compelled or knowingly allowed to ascend or descend a chimney or flue for sweeping, cleaning or coring. This Act ensured all chimney-sweeps would be registered with the police, and that official supervision of their work would take place. The provisions of all previous acts would now take place.

Further reading

• "The Chimney Sweepers Act 1875". Halsbury's Statutes. (The Complete Statutes of England). First Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Limited. 1930. Volume 13. Pages 784 et seq. See also pages 479 and 870.
• "Chimney Sweepers Act 1875". Education in England. (Derek Gillard).

• Percival Pott

References

Notes

1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of this act.
2. Chimney Sweepers Act 1875, section 3
3. Chimney Sweepers Act 1875, section 2
4. "History of the English Chimney Sweep". Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
5. "Children and Chimneys". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
6. Strange 1982, p. 80

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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