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Continued, Thursday,
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31st.. Jany.. 1799
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Report.
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Select Committee.
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also to the Hospital.
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Refer to
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Dorchester
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again
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Refer to
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Reports of
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Sary. for better
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-ing &. Conditn.
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of ye Poor.
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That, in the reform of human nature much may be done
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not only by reward and consuragement, but also by economy
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and gradations of diet, upon the Plan adopted in Dorchester
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Gaol, and House of Correction, where those who do not evidence
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a Willingness to work, have an inferior degree of food, and
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recommodation, and thos whose work if profitable, receive
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better diet and increased comfort in proportion to their
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exertions and industry.That for the particulars of improved
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economy with respect to diet in this Country, your Commitee
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begs leave to refer the Court to the Reports of the Society for
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bettering the condition of the Poor, from which it will appear
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that a very great saving may be made in that respect.
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Cleanliness
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Whitewasting.
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all the
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Apartments of
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the Hospl.
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That, considerable effect may be produced by apparent
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and real nextness in every object around, for which purpose
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your Committee recommends in addition to Personal and
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Domestic Cleanliness, the frequent and periodical White-
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washing of all the Apartments of Bridewell, as the means
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of induring and confirming habits of cleanliness, and
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decency in the Persons employed there; and (your Committee
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thinks itself justified in adding,) consequent habit of
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Morality and Industry.
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That your Commitee is of Opinion that the providing
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for the several Persons who have been stated to be the
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original objects of this Hospital, was the condition of the
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Grant of Bridewell House, and it's Estates and Revenues,
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and that (except so far as
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of times and manners
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may have rendered any of the objects of present in applicable)
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the Corporation is bound to apply their Revenues for the
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benefit and Reform of the three discriptions of Persons
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abovementioned in proportion to their necessities and
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Circumstances.
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Your Committee submits the above Report
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