Bridewell Royal Hospital:
Minutes of the Court of Governors
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26th April 1781 - 12th July 1792

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Image 138 of 51430th April 1783


Continued Wednesday 30th. April 1783.

The Wards are Spacious and Aviy and the
Convenience of the Apartments allotted to each
unhappy individual together with the Order decency
and cleanliness that are conspicious thro' the whole
House cannot but Strike the curious and Charitable
Visitant and tho' the various Spectacles of wretchedness
which there present themselves must agitate the
mind that feels for the woes of Humanity the pain
which they Occasion will rarely fail of being
nutigated by the View of that relief which is
administred to the Wretched.

It is scarce necessary to Assert that the unhappy
Patients enjoy the ablest medical Assistance
administred with the greatest Humanity The Provisions
of the Hospital the Vegetables Milk Beer Etc. are
all excellent in their kind they are carefully inspected
by the Steward who is resident and frequently
Viewed by Gentlemen of the Committee

But Perhaps an Explanation of the regular
Plan of Diet Established in this Numerous
Household may not Prove an unacceptable
Entertainment to those who deem no Particulars trivia
or uninterasting that tend to alleviate human Distress




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