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_OCpage"
id
=
"LMSMOC40000OC400000268"
>
<
xptr
type
=
"pageFacsimile"
doc
=
"LMSMOC400000268"
>
</
xptr
>
<
p
n
=
"832"
>
Almighty should vissit us with any contagious Distemper and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
therefore his their Opinion the said Statute be Strictly put
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
in Execution against all Persons whatsoever who keep
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Hogs in the manner aforesaid
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"833"
>
That by the said Statute there are likewise severall
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Penaltys inflicted upon the Inhabitants for not paveing
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
their Doors and sweeping up the Dirt as well as upon the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Rakers and Scavengers for not taking it away and also
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
for not cleaning and carrying away the filth and Soil
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
from the several Markets Extracts of which Law
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
have been lately printed and delivered to the Inhabitants
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and Parish officers that they might be apprizad of the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Penaltys they incurr'd yet experience has shewed that
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
all those Steps have not had the good effect which
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
might have be expected from them.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"834"
>
Your Comittee are therefore of Opinion that (as the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
keeping the streets and Markets paced and then are
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
very great preservatives against Infection) nothing
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
would so much contribute to excite People to their
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Duty at this Time-As the Justices in their respective
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Districts taking a personall View of the Streets
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and Pavements and Convicting all Offenders in
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the Premisses, but that the Inhabitants may
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
have a reasonable time for making good their
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
PavementsYour Comittee conceive that his
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
very reasonable the High Constables Petty Constables
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and other proper Officers be directed to so through
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
their respective Divisions and give notice to the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Inhabitants of the days the Justices intend to take
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
such Views and that in case the Doors are not well
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
amended and clean by the days such Views are
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
to be taken That then the Justices do convict and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
levy the Penaltys in the said Statute upon every
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Offender
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"835"
>
Your Comittee have in the last place taken into their
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
consideration the state and Condition of the Goals
</
p
>
</
div1
>
View as Text
Section Navigation
Home
Search
Browse Documents
Lives
Historical Background
About This Project
Copyright & Citation Guide
Contact Us