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History of law enforcement in the United Kingdom In 1737, an Act of Parliament was passed "for better regulating the Night Watch" of the City of London which specified the number of paid constables that should be on duty each night.[5] Henry Fielding established the Bow Street Runners in 1749; between 1754 and 1780, Sir John Fielding reorganised Bow Street like a police station, with a team of efficient, paid constables.[6]
Child labour The Victorian era in particular became notorious for the conditions under which children were employed.[21] Children as young as four were employed in production factories and mines working long hours in dangerous, often fatal, working conditions.[22] In coal mines, children would crawl through tunnels too narrow and low for adults.[23] Children also worked as errand boys, crossing sweepers, shoe blacks, or selling matches, flowers and other cheap goods.[24] Some children undertook work as apprentices to respectable trades, such as building or as domestic servants (there were over 120,000 domestic servants in London in the mid-18th century). Working hours were long: builders worked 64 hours a week in summer and 52 in winter, while domestic servants worked 80-hour weeks.[citation needed]