Chimney Sweepers Act 1834

Chimney Sweepers Act 1834

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for the better Regulation of Chimney Sweepers and their Apprentices, and for the safer Construction of Chimneys and Flues.
Citation	4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 35
Dates
Royal assent	25 July 1834
Commencement	25 July 1834
Expired	1 January 1840 1 July 1842 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 85)
Repealed	18 July 1874
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Chimney Sweepers Act 1788
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1874
Relates to	Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Chimney Sweepers Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 35) 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]

References

Notes

1. Strange 1982, p. 65

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.