Poor ancestors with no contraception had high child mortality. Pretty often, because they could not afford those kids. The conditions in which those kids lived would made you target of CPS pretty often and actually for very good reasons.

In industrialization, we are talking about 4 years old spending whole day alone in the streets, while BOTH parents work 12 hours a day in factory. We are talking about kids that are small, because they dont eat enough. We are talking about 11 years old working in factories or selling newspapers for 10 hours a day, falling asleep on stairs due to being tired and expected to earn money for themselves and younger siblings.