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<p n="3672"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Patients in<lb></lb>
Bethlem insureable<lb></lb>
to be discharged</note>
<lb></lb>
Also upon rending a report from the Monthly<lb></lb>
Comee of the <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20203_geo1160">Hospital of Bethlem</rs>
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under the hands<lb></lb>
of Mr Trear Gardiner <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20203_occ2414">Sr</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20203_n3672-1">Gabriel Roberts</rs>
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Mr <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20203_n3672-2">John<lb></lb>
Roydhouse</rs>
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Mr <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20203_n3672-3">Edward Salisbury</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20203_n3672-3" type="surname" value="Salisbury"></interp>
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Mr <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20203_n3672-6">Benedict Ithell</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20203_n3672-6" type="surname" value="Ithell"></interp>
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Mr <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20203_n3672-7">Tho: Carpenter</rs>
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Mr <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20203_n3672-4">Joseph Shepherd</rs>
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and Mr <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20203_n3672-5">John<lb></lb>
Abington</rs>
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Eight of the <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20203_occ2415">Governours</rs>
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of these Hospitals &<lb></lb>
of the Said Comee which Report is in these words vizt<lb></lb>
Att a Comee at the <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20203_geo1161">Hospital of Bethlem</rs>
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Saturday<lb></lb>
27th. March 1708. This Comee haveing inspected the<lb></lb>
Books of this Hospital and finding thereby that Several<lb></lb>
patients have remained in the house for many yeares<lb></lb>
of whose cure there can be no hopes but their<lb></lb>
continuance is a great hindrance to the takeing in<lb></lb>
of other patients. It is the Opinion of this Comee that<lb></lb>
an examination Should be made of all the patients in the<lb></lb>
house and that Such as have been of long Standing and<lb></lb>
appear to be insurable Should be discharged in order<lb></lb>
to the admission of other patients who may received benefitt<lb></lb>
thereby and that Some care Should be taken for<lb></lb>
preventing the like inconveniency for the future in<lb></lb>
Such Manner as the Court at <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20203_geo1162">Bridewell</rs>
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Shall think<lb></lb>
proper And ti's Order'd That this Opinion be reported to<lb></lb>
the next Court It is Order'd by this Court That an<lb></lb>
examination and discharge of the incurable patients be<lb></lb>
made accordingly and that it be referred to the Grand<lb></lb>
Comee of the Said <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20203_geo1163">Hospital of Bethlem</rs>
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to consider of a<lb></lb>
proper method for preventing the long continuance of<lb></lb>
incurable patients in that Hospital for the future and<lb></lb>
to report their Opinion therein to this Court.</p>
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