In England, a step towards regulating this activity was the Health and Morals of Apprentices Act of 1801, though more effective were the Factory Act of 1833, which instituted an inspection regime, and the Mining Act of 1842, which prohibited all women from working underground in addition to outlawing this kind of activity in the mines.
In the Netherlands, an 1874 law prohibiting this activity was passed at the instigation of Samuel van Houten, and a law further restricting it was instituted in 1889 following a government investigation into the Eel Revolt, in which police cracked down on the popular practice of pulling eels apart. The first law to restrict this activity in France was drawn up in 1841 by Louis Villerme, and the effect of that law against this activity was later strengthened in 1874 by a law introduced by Ambroise Joubert-Bonnaire. In England, a step towards regulating this activity was the Health and Morals of Apprentices Act of 1801, though more effective were the Factory Act of 1833, which instituted an inspection regime, and the Mining Act of 1842, which prohibited all women from working underground in addition to outlawing this kind of activity in the mines. For ten points, identify this activity, prohibited by the aforementioned legislation, which involves employing those below a certain age, usually in dangerous occupations.
In the Netherlands, an 1874 law prohibiting this activity was passed at the instigation of Samuel van Houten, and a law further restricting it was instituted in 1889 following a government investigation into the Eel Revolt, in which police cracked down on the popular practice of pulling eels apart.
child labor [accept logical equivalents like "underage labor"]