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).
Unii copii s-au angajat ca ucenici la meserii respectabile, cum ar fi slujitorii casnici (la mijlocul secolului al XVIII-lea, la Londra erau peste 120.000 de funcționari locali).