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  Pay, Strikes and Living Conditions - Quarrymen's Health 

pay and living conditions strikes 1900-1903 penrhyn strike
development of trade unionism quarry management  

 Document: XDQ1713 - A Few Practical Suggestions Relating to the Quarryman's Health


Ref: XDQ1713 - A Few Practical Suggestions Relating to the Quarryman's Health
A Welsh language document by Dr. R.H. Mills Roberts, Dinorwig Quarry Hospital, Llanberis, giving the quarrymen advice on how to remain healthy.  The categories covered include: Your House, Your Clothes, Your Body and Your Diet.  Advice given includes: that the house should be aired;  `slops' should not be thrown near the house; a balanced diet should be consumed - not just tea, and bread and butter; and the tea should not be allowed to stew, five minutes should suffice. 15 August 1894.

 

 

 
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