▁Sciences ▁Mor ales ▁et ▁Polit iques ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁re est ab lished ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 2 . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁by ▁it ▁to ▁lead ▁a ▁commission ▁into ▁text ile ▁workers , ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁its ▁president . ▁His ▁work ▁is ▁considered ▁p iv otal ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁soci ology ▁and ▁statistical ▁inqu iry , ▁ ▁Polit ically , ▁Vill erm é ▁was ▁a ▁liberal , ▁with ▁an ▁optim istic ▁belief ▁that ▁industrial ism ▁and ▁haut ▁commerce ▁could ▁be ▁sources ▁of ▁" product ive " ▁wealth ▁which ▁would ▁improve ▁public ▁health . ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁political ▁economy , ▁he ▁generally ▁did ▁not ▁support ▁government ▁inter vention ▁or ▁reg ulation , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁a ▁health y ▁private ▁sector ▁would ▁self - reg ulate ▁and ▁that ▁en light ened ▁employ ers ▁would ▁provide ▁higher ▁w ages . ▁He ▁did ▁not ▁adopt ▁a ▁radical ▁or ▁pro let arian ▁view ▁focused ▁on ▁class ▁relations ▁and ▁political ▁organ izing . ▁ ▁However , ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁child ▁labor , ▁Vill erm é ▁was ▁an ▁active ▁supp orter ▁of ▁government ▁inter vention . ▁He ▁strongly ▁advoc ated ▁against ▁child ▁labor ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁required ▁education ▁of ▁young ▁children , ▁positions ▁that ▁influenced ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁compreh ensive ▁French ▁child ▁labor ▁legisl ation ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 1 . ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁On ▁Pr isons ▁ ▁Vill erm é ▁published ▁Des ▁pr isons ▁tell es ▁qu ' elles ▁sont ▁et ▁tell es ▁qu ' elles ▁dev ra ient ▁être ▁( On