Poor children starting from 5 worked in the texile mills. This job was dangerous and you could easily lose a hand or finger.Every week he or she would get a range of 2-9 dollars a week.1 reason why children did work in there was to get money to take care of there family or help anyone sick in there family. It was hard work.There were jobs for boys in the mines also.That was dangerous too. You could easily breathe in the coal pollution and cough it out and children would get sick very easily.www.victorianchildren.org