SMITH RICHARD MUDIE 1877-1916 JOURNALIST

Correspondence and papers mainly concerning the religious census of public worship in London 1902 to 1903, and notes on sweating and the House of Lords which relate to the sweated industries exhibition of 1906.

Richard Mudie-Smith 1877 - 1916

Richard Mudie-Smith was educated at Kent College, Canterbury. He was a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, and worked as assistant editor of the Examiner, 1901. Mudie-Smith was on the staff of the Daily News 1902 - 1906, and 1910 - 1912. He was also assistant editor of Nation 1907, and editor of the London Missionary Society's publications, 1907 - 1909. From 1902 to 1903 he organised and superintended a census of Public Worship in London and Greater London on behalf of the Daily News. He also organised an exhibition of Sweated Home Industries of the United Kingdom for the same paper, 1906, which resulted in the passing of the Trade Boards Act. The terms CHquot;sweated' or 'sweating' referred to jobs which involved long working hours, low wages and working under insanitary conditions.

His publications include:

• The Religious Life of London (1904)
• Handbook of the 'Daily News' Industries' Exhibition, May 1906 (1906)
• Sweated Industries (1906)
• The Heart of Things: Passages from the Writings of FW Robertson (1912)

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