The politics of occupational ill‐health in late nineteenth century Britain: the case of the match making industry

Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 20 - 41
Published: Jan 1, 1995
Abstract
Using the match making industry as a case study, this paper examines the politics of occupational health in late nineteenth century Britain. It argues that this industry had a high profile within the wider political struggle around the question of working conditions and their effect on workers' health. This was due to the identification of match making with a specific and particularly disfiguring industrial disease, phosphorous necrosis, and...
Paper Details
Title
The politics of occupational ill‐health in late nineteenth century Britain: the case of the match making industry
Published Date
Jan 1, 1995
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
20 - 41
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