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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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soon after the great Fire of London Houses and Shops
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were made in the Buildings within the Cloisters and
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precinct of the Hospital for the conse
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nce of the
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Inhabitants of London (therein great distress for Houses) who
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occupying the same as Tenants to the Hospital for their own
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benefit became Ratoable and chargeable to the poor Rates
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And that about the Year One Thousand seven hundred and
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Thirty some of the Antient Buildings and Wards of the Hospital
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and some of the said Houses and Shops having become
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ruinous were pulled down and since which by the Donation of
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Governors and other benefactors four large Pyles of
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Buildings have been Progressively Erected and are now used
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for the Hospital one of which Pyles or Wings contain a
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Hall Compting House and other rooms which are used for
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meetings of the Governors rearing Rents Examining and
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Admission of Patients and the other three Pyles of
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Buildings are used for wards for the Patients and
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their nurses only And that one of the said Pyles or
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Buildings of the Hospital being finished about the
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Year one Thousand seven hundred and fifty Eight the
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Church Wardens and Overseers of the poor and Inhabitants
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