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Thursday
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6th. May 1736
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of the Porter's man
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The Care duty and Trust of the Portersman of Bridewell Hospital
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To attend Divine Service on Sabbath days
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To take care that the Gates are Lock'd up every night at nine o' clock and to
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attend the same till the proper watch comes on
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To let the Prisoners out every Morning to their Labour and to serve them
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with their Provisions and to lock them up at night
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To Sweeep the Gates and Square every Saturday
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To watch at night and to attend the Gates all publick Holydays
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To go with the Engine When Ordered to a Fire
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To go with Prisoners before the respective Justices and
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To fetch the Doctor Surgeon or Apothecary for them if sick or Lame
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of the Steward of
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Bethlem
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The Care duty and Trust of the Steward of Bethlem
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Hospital
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To enter the names of all the Patients admited the Parishes in on which are
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their respective settlements & the names & Places of abode of their Securitys
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To discharge from the Curable and charge in the Incurable Book the names
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of the Patients so admitted & of their several fresh securitys
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To enter in a Book all money received by him
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To see that all the provisions contracted for be rightly delivered as to the
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Quantity and Quality and cause the same to be augmented or diministed as the Exigenex
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of the House requires
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To take care that all stores not contracted for be of the best sorts & at
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reasonable rates to the best of his Judgment
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To provide and deliver out all necessary Bedding & Cloathing for the Patient
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To enter all the Patients discharges
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To receive all the Annuitys
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To adjust & receive all Payments due for Incurables
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To receive from Mr. Treasurer all Sums of Money out of the Poors
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Box and otherwise as are requisite to pay the Bills passed by the Committee
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To surpervise all the servants and if any of them shall be remiss in their
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duty to acquaint the Workly Committee To take care that the orders for the Good
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Government of the Hospital be strictly observed and if he finds any disorder
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or Mismanagement he is to acquaint the Committee
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To see performed all Casual Orders of the Court Committee or Treasurer
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relating tot he matters aforesaid
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of the Porter
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The care duty and Trust of the Porter of Bethlem Hospital
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To be Keeper of and to open and shutt the Gates
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To receive the money for the Poor at the First Gate
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To take an account in writing to be set down in a paper by every
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Workman employed in the repairs of this Hospital of each days work and Materials
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furnished & being examine to file the same
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To keep a Key of the Battery Door to see that there is no Waste therein
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to cutt out the meat on Tuesdays and Thursdays
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To attend the Doctor Mondays and Wednesdays to give him an account
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of the Men Patients
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To attend and assist at
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Bathing
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and Bleeding the Men
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