Child Labor Laws during during the Victorian

In 1870, the report of child laborers in England was 750,000 children working under the age of 15. During the Victorian age, families were very poor with many children born for the use of working to make income. More jobs and technology called for more jobs for people. Children as young as 6 years old were working extremely dangerous factory jobs like; glass factories, textile mills, coal mines, cotton mills, and ship yards. These factories were very dangerous that were closed off and have no air. These children were treated horrible, almost like dogs. The luckier children got jobs as black smiths, lace making, and leather working. They work as long as 90 hours a week. There were many cases of kids dying of heat strokes or of lack of water. The current international child labors law states that children under 16 may not work. Because of the changes in the European society, children are not permitted or needed to work as young as they did in the Victorian age.