5219. To what did he attribute it?
He said it was owing to hard labour, and working in the factories.
Evidence of Mr. Charles Stewart.[331]
8094. Does that length of standing and of exertion tend to deform the limbs of the children so employed?
Yes, that is my opinion; I took an examination of those that were employed under me in that flat.
8095. In which of Mr. Boyack's mills are you employed?
In a tow-mill.
8097. The New Ward Mill, is it?
Yes; there are fifty hands in the room altogether, old and young; and I found that out of that fifty there were nine who had entered the mill before they were nine years of age, who are now above thirteen years of age.
8098. Having been at that employment then, four years?