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School for Boys at the Belmont School and an Evening School
for Girls at the Chiswick Products Works.
In the Brentford area an Evening School for Boys and
Girls is held at the Brentford Senior Schools.
21.—EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG
PERSONS.
The following extract from the Bye-laws under the
Employment of Children Act, 1913, and Education Act, 1918,
shows the conditions under which children may be employed :—
(1) A child under the age of 12 years shall not be employed.
(2) A child may be employed at the following times not exceeding
16 hours in any week :—
(a) On schooldays
for two hours
If employed in the delivery of milk or
newspapers, from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. and
from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., subject to the
issue of a satisfactory certificate by the
School Medical Officer. For all other
occupations allowed by Bve-laws from
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. only.
(b) On Saturdays
and school
holidays for
five hours
The five hours of employment are to be
fixed by the employer and must provide
for a period of rest and recreation of not
less than five hours between 7 a.m. and
7 p.m.
(c) On Sundays
for two hours
Between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. for the
delivery of milk or newspapers only.
Note.—Every purveyor of milk or newsagent employing a
child before school hours in the delivery of milk or newspapers
shall see that such child is provided, during the course of such
employment, with efficient water-proof footwear and a sufficient
water-proof garment to protect the child from injury to health
from inclement weather.
All children are medically examined before a certificate is
issued, to see that they are fit for the particular employment
chosen and that the work will not interfere with their education.