What did government regulations, like the factory act, attempt to fix?

The Factory Act made conditions in a work place better for children. Less hours and better working spaces for them. It also made it illegal to have a child worker under the age of 9.

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what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

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what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns