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Sum not Exceeding one thousand two Hundred Pounds be granted to his
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Majesty, to be paid to the said Doctor Smith, in recompence for his
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constant and humane attendance upon sick and diseased Prisoners
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in the several Goals in the
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, for near four years last past and for
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the several Sons of Money by him expended
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in purchasing proper medianes for such sick and deceased Prisoners
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Do the Votes set
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That it appears to your Committee by the Report of
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the Committee of the Commons it Mr. John Rident informed that
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Committee he had attended the several Goals in the Cities of
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from the 20th. of March
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1776 the 10th. Novr. 1779 and he delivered into them on account
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shewing the number of Patients in each Goal together with the
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Expences of the Medicines that had been adminished under the
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procuptions and by the directions of Doctor Smith. That the
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attendance given by Doctor Smith to the Several Goals was daily
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and sometimes twice a day and that the Doctor was never ant
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for that he did not go That the charges for the Medicines made open
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consequence of Doctor Smiths procuptions amounted to £566 or
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thereabouts and that such Charges as the same as are generally
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made to Paupers for articles of the like kind That at the time when
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Ridout began this attendance the Goals were full and the
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Prisoners may sickly buts that by skill Management and
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attention of Doctor Smith the number
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That Doctor Smith also informed them that he
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began his attendance on the Goals the 36 March 1776 and had continue
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it to the time of his Examination before the Committee of the Commons
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during all which time these had not passed two days together that
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he had not visited one or other of the Goals that in Consequence of
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his attendance many sabitary Regulation's had taken place in
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the several Goals he had issued which are by them means much
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more healthy than they used to be that in the Doctors Report of the
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sick with the Expence for Medicines sent to several Prisons from the
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26th March 1776 to the wth. Novr. 1779 annexed to the said Report of the
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Committes
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the following Articles appear
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