Bridewell Royal Hospital:
Minute Books of the General Prison Committee
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1st August 1792 - 22nd April 1802

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Thursday August 20th. 1801

W. Willis Esqr{Mr. Haslam
attended

Examined the Prisons & found them Clean &
the Prisoners properly employed

Men and Boys-29
Women & Children-73
102

Ordd. that a Casement be made to open &
Sheet, opposite to the Infirmary Room, [..]
as there is not a proper draught of
Air.

Ordd. that a dozen more Blankets be provide [..]
for the Use of the Womens Prison.

Found 29 Women in the Common Room and
Two together in two Cells and there being
so great a Number in the Prison, Ordered,
that to prevent infection, during this sal [..]
Season, that each Women be bathed every
other Morning. And Ordered that as long [..]
as the Women's Prisoners behave well, that
they may be permitted to walk an hour every
Day(Sundays excepted)in the Burial Ground

W Willis




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