▁not ▁handle ▁the ▁new ▁mach in ery . ▁The ▁practice ▁of ▁using ▁child ▁labor ▁in ▁the ▁mill s ▁decl ined , ▁finally ▁ending ▁completely ▁when ▁the ▁N I RA ▁Cot ton ▁Text ile ▁Code ▁was ▁adopted ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 . ▁Ch anges ▁to ▁the ▁Fact ories ▁Act ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁reduced ▁formal ▁child ▁labor ▁in ▁the ▁text ile ▁fact ories ▁in ▁India . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁there ▁were ▁neg lig ible ▁numbers ▁of ▁children ▁in ▁the ▁Kan pur ▁mill s . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁remaining ▁child ▁workers ▁were ▁do f fer ▁boys . ▁Else where ▁the ▁change ▁was ▁slower . ▁ ▁In ▁Ken ya ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁" d of fer ▁boy " ▁was ▁still ▁listed ▁as ▁a ▁job ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁K is um u ▁Cot ton ▁M ills , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁lowest ▁paid . ▁ ▁Im prov ements ▁in ▁working ▁conditions ▁were ▁gradually ▁introduced . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁the ▁British ▁recognized ▁by ss inos is , ▁or ▁brown ▁lung ▁disease , ▁and ▁started ▁to ▁compens ate ▁vict ims . ▁Due ▁to ▁lack ▁of ▁research ▁and ▁industry ▁resistance , ▁nothing ▁was ▁done ▁about ▁the ▁disease ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁Activ ists ▁organized ▁brown ▁lung ▁screen ing ▁clin ics ▁in ▁P ied mont ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁The ▁Carolina ▁Brown ▁L ung ▁Association ▁had ▁ 7 , 0 0 0 ▁members ▁by ▁