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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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by a Rate Intitled a Rate or Assessment on the
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Inhabitants and occupiers of lands Houses Shops
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shods Tenements and Warehouses within the parish
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of Saint Bartholomew the less London made and
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Assessed by them the Church Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor and Inhabitants of the said parish whose
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Names are thereunto subscribed pursuant to the
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several Acts of Parliament made in that behalf
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for three Months for or towards the Relief of the poor
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of the said Parish as their necessary shall require
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have assessed and rated the petitioners for such
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Wards of the said Hospital at and after the rate of
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Twenty pounds a Year for and towards the relief
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of the poor of the said Parish as followeth that is to say
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"The Mayor Commonalty and Citizens of the City of
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"London Governors of the House of the Poor commonly
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"called Saint Bartholomews Hospital near West
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"Smithfield London of the Foundation of King Henry
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"The Eight, For Lands on which stood Tenements
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"and Houses by them pulled down and demolished
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"the Tenements whereof were used to be charged in
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"the poors rate £5..0.0 Quartely
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and that the Parish have containued such Rate upon
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such Wards for the Poor ever since to the detriment
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and loss of the Charity And that about the Year
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An Elaboratory also
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hath been elected for the service of the Hospital only
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