<P> Lucy Delap notes that' the period before 1948 saw the majority of work with vulnerable children undertaken by' moral' or family welfare workers . These were mostly voluntary workers based within groups such as the Church of England's Moral Welfare Associations . Their remit also included supporting' friendless girls', unmarried mothers and babies, intervening to prevent prostitution, and helping treat and prevent the spread of venereal disease . Boys were not widely perceived as sexually vulnerable, and barely featured in discussions of child assault and prostitution .' </P> <P> Well - being is the personal motivation and aspiration for security, comfort and emotional contentment that drives the process . The offence of child cruelty under section 1 of the Children and Young Peoples Act 1989 provides protection for health and safety . Learning, as the other essential ingredient to the pursuit of well - being, is covered by section 44 . </P> <P> Child protection and the prevention of neglect and abuse follows this model throughout . This was the approach that led the policy imperative for eradicating child poverty in a system of public health epidemiology . A programme international promoted by the World Health Organisation in the Health For All programming goal and nationally as Health for All Children . The public health imperative of well - being is exactly mirrored in the socio - economic philosophy of capabilities as welfare economics . </P> <P> Whilst the Children and Young People Act 1933 established the foundations they were later consolidated into the state's employment, education, health and welfare by the Children Act 1989 and following tranche of legislation . Internationally, the principles were embodied in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child . </P>

When was the first child protection act introduced