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January 1793.
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Your Committee therefore Ordered the following steps and precautions to be
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pursued Vizt.
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That all the Beds in the Sick Ward of
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should be
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repaired and New Stuffing be supplied taking care to have the Ticking well
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aired.
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That every Bed should be supplied with a New Rug where wanted
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and if any additional Covering may be necessary for the Sick that the same be
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supplied upon a Certificate from the
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.
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It appeared to Your Committee that many of the Disorders are
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occasioned by the Prisoners coming in, in a weak and duplicated state of health
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covered with Rags and Vermin and that if some Dress or Uniform was provided
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for them to wear in the Prison it might be the means of preventing many of
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the Disorders incident to Prisons; It was therefore the opinion of this Commee
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That a Dress consisting of a Jacket and Trousers and a pair of Shoes and
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Two shirts where it may be necessary be provided for the Men and that a
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Jacket and Petticoat and Shoes and two Shifts for the Women be also provided.
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That it be requested of Mr Staples to provide the above Necessaries upon
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a Certificate from the
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And Your Committee further Resolved, That the Cloaths in which
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the Prisoners come in should be Baked, numbered, and laid by where necessary
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and the Governor to take care when the Prisoners first come in that they be
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Washed and cleansed and properly cleared from Fifth and Vermin,and if the
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present Bath will not answer that a temporary Bath or Bathing Tub be
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provided and that the Oil of Jar be used in such way as the Apothecary shall
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direct.
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That the same Resolutions extend to the
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New Prison
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so far as
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the same are necessary.
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All which the Committee Submit Etc
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Ordered that the said Report be Received and Confirmed and that
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the several Articles in the said Report directed and recommended for the use
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of the Prisoners be forthwith provided and that the said Committee do meet on
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Saturday next and see the same carried into execution.
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Mr Harwood the Governor of the House of Correction having informed the
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Court that he had in consequence of what passed on Thursday provided some
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Cloaths for the Prisoners in his Custody and which was immediately necessary.
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Ordered that Mr Harwood and Mr. Newport do supply what may be
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immediately necessary for the use of the Sick Prisoners in their custody respectively.
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Ordered that Mr Wood do forthwith erect a chimney in the Sick Ward of
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Clerkenwell
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Bridewell
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for the use of the Prisoners & that Coal be burnt therein instead of Charcoal.
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