A bill, intended to be offered to Parliament, for the better relief and employment of the poor, within that part of Great Britain called England / [Thomas Gilbert].

  • Gilbert, Thomas, 1719 or 1720-1798
Date:
[1775]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A bill, intended to be offered to Parliament, for the better relief and employment of the poor, within that part of Great Britain called England / [Thomas Gilbert]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    approved by the faid Committees as afore- laid) to build and ereCt fuch Building or Buildings, or to alter, fit up, and repair, any old Building or Buildings, then in being (if fuch fhall be agreed upon and approved by the faid Committees) with all convenient Speed, in a plain and durable Manner, on the Lands or Wafte and Com¬ mon Grounds fo to be purchafed, hired, or rented, as aforefaid, for the Reception, Ac¬ commodation, and Employment of the feve- ral poor Perfons who may be fent thither, under the Powers and Authorities, and for the Purpofes of this ACt -, and both the faid having Regard to the Acc Committees, in fixing the Plan, and the faidj^1™01 theSlc%»Ag' Committee of Buildings and Rates, in exe¬ cuting the fame, fhall have particular Re¬ gard to the Accommodation of the fickly, aged, and infirm Poor-, and fhall provide Apartments for mamedF Apartments for married People feparate from the others ; and alfo a proper Building, a Pea Houfe. as a Peft Houfe, detached from the other Buildings, for the Reception and Accommo¬ dation of fuch Perfons who fhall have im feCtious Dilorders; and alfo One other con- Houfe of Correaion. venient Building, apart and detached from the reft, to ferve as a Houfe of Correction, for the confining, and keeping to hard La¬ bour, fuch Perfons who fhall, by the Laws of the Realm, be fent to the Houfe of Cor¬ rection for Punifhment, and alfo all fuch poor Perfons, who, being able, fhall refufe to work, or otherwife mifbehave themfelves and fhall alfo, in fuch Building for a Houfe of Correction, provide fome feparate Apart¬ ments for the Reception of the moft dis¬ orderly, to prevent their corrupting the reft, either by bad Example or Advice: And