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<p n="1657">December 1798.</p>
<p n="1658">for the support of the Prisoners they have been led to inquire <lb></lb>
what Allowance is made to the Prisoners in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1203">New Prison</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1204">Tothill fields</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1205">Bridewell</rs>
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and they find that no <lb></lb>
Allowance of Butchers Meat is provided by the County<lb></lb>
for the Prisoners in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1206">New Prison</rs>
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but that the Prisoners <lb></lb>
are permitted to receive Meat and other Provisions from <lb></lb>
their Friends - That the same allowance of Bread is made <lb></lb>
to the Prisoners in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1207">New Prison</rs>
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as in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1208">House of Correction</rs>
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<lb></lb>
but not to all the Servants and that the Bakers Bill for <lb></lb>
the above time for <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1209">New Prison</rs>
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was £42..7..4. That the <lb></lb>
number of Prisoners from 11th. September to the 20th. Octr..<lb></lb>
in that Prison was upon an Average each Day about <lb></lb>
133. and that the Expence of Dieting them was less than 2d <lb></lb>
Per. Day for each Prisoner except in some few Instances <lb></lb>
when Butchers Meat has been Ordered for Sick Prisoners <lb></lb>
by the Surgeon attending the Prison</p>
<p n="1659">Your Committee have also inquired what <lb></lb>
Allowance of Provision is made to the Prisoners in <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1210">Tothill fields</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1211">Bridewell</rs>
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and find that no Butchers Meat <lb></lb>
is Allowed by the County or by the Magistrates of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1212">City and Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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but that the Prisoners<lb></lb>
and permitted to receive Meat and other Provisions from <lb></lb>
their friends as in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55611_geo1213">New Prison</rs>
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and that a Person who <lb></lb>
keeps a Chandlers Shop near the Prison attends every <lb></lb>
Day at the Door and such Prisoners as have Money<lb></lb>
are Allowed to purchase Cheese and Butter and any <lb></lb>
little Article of that sort - That there was from 11th.<lb></lb>
September to the 17th. October both inclusive 102. Prisoners <lb></lb>
upon an Average each Day in that Prison that the<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55611_n1659-1">Bakers Bill</rs>
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for the above time Amounted to £30..16..0<lb></lb>
each Prisoner being Allowed one pound of Bread Per <lb></lb>
Day as in the other Prisons that the Expence to the<lb></lb>
County of Dieting the Prisoners in that Prison was</p>
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