Census Occupations - Spinner
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Description: Someone who worked in the textile industry spinning fabrics. Spinning was initially done by hand and was the process by which the thread was made into an even thickness. For example mule spinners made finer thread whilst throstle spinners made a strong warp thread.This was done on a spinning wheel. Over the years, this process became industrialised and spinning looms were created to door this. By 1850 there were some 550 cotton mills in Lancashire, which had become the hub for the industry. Conditions in those mills were poor with aching head and limbs and nausea being commonplace, not to mention the over-crowding, the smell, the heat, lack of sanitation, the long hours and the repetitive, boring work. Workers developed tuberculosis, bronchitis and asthma thanks to the cotton lint in the air. Examples of accidents include getting a hand jammed between the gable and intermediate end of the spinning frame whilst brushing dust off the gearing. Broken arms or hands were common, as was losing a finger in the machinery. If hair was caught in the machines, scalping could also occur. Mule spinners' cancer was a cancer of the groin that could occur from the oil on the mule spindles.
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