Work injury began to be treated through a statutory compensation framework.
The Workmen's Compensation Act 1897 created a statutory route for compensation for certain workplace injuries.
This matters because disability law is also linked to labour, industry and responsibility for harm caused by work.
Awareverse sees this as part of the wider story: disability is not only something a person has. It can also be created or worsened by conditions around them.
A common mistake is separating disability history from work, poverty and industrial injury.
Who had power here, who was left outside, and what would have changed if the human being was seen first?
These deep dives open out from this part of the timeline.