much for the health of the Prisoners confined in New Prison and
Clerkenwell Bridewell if upon their coming into Prison their own
Cloaths are taken from them in order to their being Smoaked and
Cleaned and returned to them upon their going out of Custody and
instead thereof a Clean White Woollen Jacket and Trowsers
were given by the Keeper to the Men and a Jacket and petticoat
to the Women which they shall be permitted to wear while they
remain in Custody The Committee do recommend it to the
Court that a sufficient Quantity of Woollen Stuff be provided by the
respective Keepers for the making Twenty five Jackets and Trowsers
and Twenty five Jackets and Petticoats for each Prison and that
the Keepers do take Care to have the same properly made up by
the Prisoners in their respective Custody allowing those who shall
assist to make the Dresses a small pecuniary recompence or the
amount thereof in Provisions And Your Committee have
ordered Mr. Rogers to form a plan of a Room in which the prisoners
Cloaths may be Smoaked and Boiled and a Copper and Cistern
lined with lead placed therein to be Used for Washing and Warm
Bathing together with an Estimate of the Expence of Executing the
Same

All which the Committee Submit

It was Moved that the said Report be again Read Article by
Article and the same was again Read accordingly and separate
Questions being put upon the several Articles respectively and the
same being agreed to It is Ordered that the said Report of
the said Committee be in every part ratified and Confirmed and
the same is hereby ratified and Confirmed accordingly

And it is further Ordered that The Reverend Sir
George Booth< no role > Baronet attended by the Clerk of the peace be requested
to wait upon his Grace the Duke of Northumberland Custos
Rotulorum of this County to Sollicit the favour of His Grace to
present the Memorial contained in the above Report of the
Prison Committee to the Lords Commissioners of his Majestys
Treasury

The Treasurer of this County having laid
before the Court an account of the number of Prisoners acquitted
and discharged by Proclamation at the Delivery of the Goal of
Newgate for the County of Middlesex from April Session 1774
to October Session 1777 inclusive for each of which said prisoners
Mr. Richard Akerman< no role > This name instance is in set 4413. the Keeper of His Majestys Goal of
Newgate claims a fee of Thirteen Shillings and four pence by
virtue of an Act of parliament made and passed in the Fourteenth