Volume 2

The nineteenth report of the Commissioners of Military Enquiry ; appointed by act of 45 Geo. III. cap. 47. Royal Hospital at Chelsea. Commissary General of Musters. Royal Military Asylum.

  • Great Britain. Commissioners of Military Enquiry
Date:
1812
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Credit: The nineteenth report of the Commissioners of Military Enquiry ; appointed by act of 45 Geo. III. cap. 47. Royal Hospital at Chelsea. Commissary General of Musters. Royal Military Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    « Nurses at thclnfantAsylum, 3 , r , ° t , , ‘ ’ > each r.2. 13*. iotf. per annum Isle of Wight - 3 ^ 1 792 Boys - each £.2. 14s. yd. - D* - 348 Girls - each £.3. 3s. \d. - D° - Clothing to replace what 85 Povs will take with them on leaving the Asylum in 1811, having then completed their 14th year ----- each 2. 85. 3c/. Ditto, to replace what 63 Girls will in like manner take with them ------ each £.4. is. i^d. Fuel and Candles: 280 Chaldron of Coals, 13 sacks to the chaldron, trimming included - - - - - at £.3 per chaldron 11,000 Faggots - - - 90 Dozen lbs. of Mould Candles - 166 Dozen lbs. of Dip D° - - at 5s. per hundred - at ioi. per dozen lbs. - at 9*. 2>d. per D° - Lighting Lamps: 18 Four-spouted Lamps - - - - - at 60/ - 9 Two-spouted Lamps - - - - - at 30/ 8 Officers Lamps ------ at 91/3! Oil for Children’s Shoes and Idouse Furniture Laundry Expenses : 72 cwt. of Yellow Soap 11 cwt. ol Pearlash 40 Firkins of Soft Soap 39 lbs. of Blue - 100 lbs. of Starch - atjC-S’ 16s. per cwt. at 17/ - D - at £.1. 15s. 6d. per firkin at 1/8 per lb. at 1/ per lb. 1,843 days labour of Washerwomen - at 3/per diem - Blanketing for Ironing, Brown Holland for the Mangle, stout Baskets, Irons and Stands, Buckets, Clothes Pins, and Lines - -- -- - - - - Utensils: Porringers, Plates, Spoons, Knives and Forks, Ladles, Chamber-pots, Brooms, Brushes, Mops, Pails, See. - House Linen: 200 Pairs of Dormitory Sheets, to keep up the established number - - - - - - at 17/6 per pair 30 Tablecloths - - - - at £.1. os. 7Id. each 3° 18 9 2,280 Towels for Children - at 0/ each 85 10 — 14 Pairs of Sheets for Serjeants and Nui ■ses at 2 1 / per pair 14 H — 40 - - D° - - for the Hospital ^ 13/H - D° - 26 5 — 200 Pillow-cases for Dormitories at 2/45- each 23 15 — •Go - - D° - - for Hospital - at 1/4 - D° 4 — 260 Yards of Russia Duck (or Towell ing) for th 2 Kitchen Laundry, Dormitories, See. - at /10 per yard 10 16 8 Per Annum. £. *. d. 8 1 6 2,1 fi 1 10 — 1,097 *3 — 205 1 3 255 10 ioi 840- 27 .10 — 45- 76 55 6 54- 13 10 — 3G 10 4 30- 273 12 -- 9 7 — 71- 3 5 — 5- 2y£> 9 — 20 — — /o Books, Printing and Stationery: For Offices, Schools, Sec. ------- Newspapers for 365 days - 313 at G^d. and 32 at yd. each Postage for Letters, for one year - 395 18 2 9 19 lof 1-2 - [Appendix, Ter Annum. £. s. d. 3,422 10 9 460 12 1] 989 5 0 *34 — 4 658 13 — 200 — - - 37° 19 5 417 lS —l 000 — —- Hospital Expenses: Medicine, ana various other Articles -