R.
W. Cooke-Taylor, the author of The Factory System was also
an Inspector of Factories. In his book he explained the 1867 Factory
Act.
The Second Children's Employment
Commission unanimously recommended the extension of the system of
factory inspection to a number of occupations previously regarded
as quite outside its sphere, and its modified application in others,
hereafter to be dealt with; which seemed practically to exhaust the
whole field of material labour.
The Factory Extension Act, 1867 provision was made to restrict the
hours during which children, young persons and women are permitted
to labour in any manufacturing process conducted in an establishment
where fifty or more persons are employed.
