19th century or 21st century?

As we have seen in class, London back in the Victorian age suffered many changes especially because of the modernity which has its roots on industrialization. London’s population increased more than the double in the 19th century because the employment market was at the big towns like London. One of the big issues of the time was the amount of population and overcrowding which was very well depicted in the movie "Oliver Twist" . We could see how so many people were at the markets and streets. Parks were also full, and over 10 people inhabited a house. What is more shocking was to see so many children alone in the streets. My question is: were they orphans just as Oliver? In the movie, we could see all the children that lived with Fagin and “worked” for him stealing. That sounds familiar. How many kids do we see “working” for other older people in the streets of Santiago? Or how many children are used as hooks for people to give them money?
All these issues depicted in “Oliver Twist” are present until today, and we can see them by just taking a Transantiago bus, subway or by going to Ahumada Street. It is almost incredible to believe that after over 150 years we still have the same problems in society.