Jump to Content
Jump to Main Navigation
Jump to Section Navigation
Sign in
Register
London Lives 1690 to 1800
Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
Main Navigation
Home
Search
Browse
Lives
Historical Background
The Project
London Lives Book
<
div1
type
=
"SM_GOpage"
id
=
"LMSMGO55610GO556100408"
>
<
xptr
type
=
"pageFacsimile"
doc
=
"LMSMGO556100408"
>
</
xptr
>
<
p
n
=
"3167"
>
February 1795
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"3168"
>
On having recourse to the Treasurers Accounts it appears that the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
subsistence to Convicts in the Prisons cost the County £153..5..0 in
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
1793 and £183..13..0 last year.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"3169"
>
At present it appears that there are in all 49 Convicts in the House of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Correction Vizt. 12 from the Sessions and 37 from Newgate - Pry
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
withholding the Money formerly allowed to those there will be a saving
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
of £ P Annum.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"3170"
>
It is from facts alone and from having the full scope of any
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
subject under review that accurate conclusions are to be drawn and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
now that a general view of the specific Expences of the two Prisons
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
have been obtained it would seem to be very practicable considerably
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
to reduce the Annual Expences - By cultivating Potatoes Turnips
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and other Vegetables and by keeping a Cow for the purpose of Milk
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
for the Sick Prisoners a considerable Sum might be saved - a
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
considerable saving would also be experienced by purchasing the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Coals consumed in the Prison at that season of the year when they
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
could be obtained at the cheapest Rate. and by making a previous
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Contract with the Baker and Butcher some reduction of the present
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
price might possibly be obtained as well as in the price of Wine
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Porter Oatmeal Etc. used for the Sick all which Articles should be laid in
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
wholesale and at the lowest ready Money prices - A great saving
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
equal at least to 20 P Cent has already taken place in the Prison
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Dresses and Bedding merely by purchasing the Materials in the piece
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and making them up in the Prison in place of purchasing from the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Stop warehouses ready made. The Expence of burying. the Dead might
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
also be saved entirely by allotting a corner of the Prison Ground
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
within the Walls as a Burying Ground. - In the Treasurers
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Accounts for the last year the Burials amounted to £54 and in 1793
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
The Coroners Bill for Inquisitions was £30 - The whole Expence
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
of Coffins and Grave Digging could be executed by the Prisoners
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
It might also be a proper measure to make some compromise with
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
regard to the Taxes of the Prisoners as to obtain as easy a Rate us
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
possible - The Taxes of the two old Prisons amounted to £96..8..0
</
p
>
</
div1
>
View as Text
Section Navigation
Home
Search
Browse Documents
Lives
Historical Background
About This Project
Copyright & Citation Guide
Contact Us