Which UK Act, passed in 1875, first legally required chimney sweeps to be licensed by the police, effectively ending the use of small boys climbing chimneys?

For decades, reformers battled to stop children being sent up soot-filled flues, but earlier laws were widely ignored by the sweeping trade.

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