Bridewell Royal Hospital:
Minutes of the Court of Governors
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7th January 1762 - 15th March 1781

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Continued Thursday 20th. June 1765

That he shall Supervise all the Servants and if any of them shall be remiss in
their Duty to Acquaint the Weekly Committee To late care that the Orders for the good
Government of the Hospital be Strictly Observed and if he finds any Disorder or
Mismanagement he is to Acquaint the Committee

That he shall see performed all Causal Orders of the Court Committee or treasurer

That he shall go round the Galleries, and up into the Chequers both on the Means
and Womens side every Monday Wednesday and Friday in the fore noon to see
that the Galleries and the Cells are kept as elean and as neat as the Condition of
the Patients will Admit, and that such Patients as are not fit to be Exposed are kept property
Confined, that is, the Wickets of their Doors kept Street, as will as the Doors especially on
the Womans side, and that he shall likewise Order the Men and Maids to Open
and see that they do open the Upper Doors of those who are their Confined in the Summer
time that the Circulation of her Air be no ways impeded

That he shall Observe the Glaizing and the Wires belonging to the Windows
be kept tight, and in good order and Cause the Men or Maids to take away any rags
Straw or other Nastiness that may be thrust there and which shall look unseemly to the
Streets

That he shall take Care that a proper Quantity of Coals be Distributed to the
Rooms where Fires are Allowed, Direct the Cinders to be Sifted and suffer no Wash
to be made thereof or therein

That he shall Advertize the Weekly Committee if any Repairs are Wanting
that Notice may be given thereof to the Surveyor

That he shall every Friday go round the House and take Down in Writing what
any of the Patients may want in regard to their Cloathing and lay the same before the
Committee the next Day that what ever is necessary may be provided by Order of the Committee

That he shall not provide any thing for the Patients without and Previous Order
unless it be by the Desire of the Physician or on Special necessity; if Notwithstanding this
the friends of any Patient shall think proper to Order Particular things, they must
Sign their Names in the Stewards Book to their Order

That he shall go down into the Kitchen on every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday
in the Morning time enough to see the Provisions that are taken in that they an
According to the Contract and laid ready for the Inspection of the governors if any come
to View them, if none come he shall see them Weigh'd himself and enter the Weight down
in his Book to be seen and Examined by the Committee on Saturday

That he shall number the pieces of Meat before they are put into the Pot, that the
Assistant Basket Man or such other Person who Cuts up the Dinner may Acquaint
the Steward with the Number of Pieces Cut up to see if their Accounts Tally

That he shall take Care that no more Provisions are Drest than are Necessary
for the Servants and the Patients in the House. And in Order to know this with more
Certainty the Number of Patients who are on the sick List shall Constantly hang up in the Cutting
Room

That he shall not suffer the Small Beer Cellar to be opened but at the Usual
Hours nor any person to Draw Beer Except the Assistant Basket Man and he to Draw
only one Hour at Dinner and half an Hour at Supper

That he shall take all necessary Care that the Cook make no Waste of Provisions
or Appropriate to herself Perquisites which are not her due

That he shall not suffer any Strong Beer to be brought into the House for any
Patient whatever but at Particular Hours for such Persons and in such Quantity as
shall be Directed by the Physician Surgeon or Apothecary and Set down by them in a
Written List, and in Order to do this more Compleatly and put a Stop to the bringing in of
Beer it is Expressly Ordered that none shall come into the House for any Patient but thro
the Stewards Appartment

That he shall Advertize the Committee of the Death of the Securities of the
Incurable Patients or either of them as soon as it comes to his knowledge and
shall




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