Pleasant little Victorian fantasy with a bit of history. We watched the first one a couple of years ago.
Enola is asked to find a matchgirls' roommate who has disappeared. Both girls were employed in a match factory, hence the term matchgirls. The girl who disappeared is Sarah Chapman (1862 – 1945), a British trade unionist who was one of the leaders of the 1888 Bryant & May Matchgirls' strike.
An occupational disease that affected those who worked with white phosphorus was phosphorus necrosis of the jaw, also known as phossy jaw; the condition is not associated with red phosphorus. Phossy jaw developed by inhalation of phosphorus vapour—particularly when the ingredient was heated—which caused osteonecrosis of the jaw bone. This manifested itself in, initially, toothaches and flu-like symptoms, then tooth loss, abscesses, swelling of the gums, the formation of fistula and necrosis of the jaw. Mortality was reported in around 20 per cent of cases.. . .[The match making company] Bryant & May were aware of phossy jaw. If a worker complained of having toothache, they were told to have the teeth removed immediately or be sacked.
My wife pointed out that the actor who plays Sherlock (Enola's old brother) is the same guy who plays The Witcher.
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