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

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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$New Infirmary: Rent (7 Houses) Deduct Property Tax- £. 280 — 28 — Insurance from Fire, for one year, to Christmas 1811 - Contingencies: Ordinary Repairs and other Charges for keeping theBuildings, Furniture, See. in proper condition - Taxes, Chelsea Water-works, and Subscriptions to St. George’s Hospital ------ Assistance to the Commandant in the business of Paymaster Other Contingencies ------- Allowance to a Nurse, who has totally lost her sight from Ophthalmia, contracted in attending Children afflicted with that disorder - - - - - at 15. per diem Allowance for 6 Children, who have totally lost their sight in the Asylum, from Ophthalmia - at 6d. per diem each Expense that will be incurred to complete the New Infirmary : For gravelling the Yard, and making Drains - - - Bedding and Furniture for four Rooms 7 ~ ~ , for Nurses.j at £.10 each - - 33 Sets of single Bedding - - - 7 Closets in Wards - - - 7 Cupboards in Nurses Rooms - 16 Long Forms - - 16 Short D° - - - - 9 Long Tables - - 8 Short D® - - 8 Iron Fenders for Wards - at £.\ is. 7d. per set - at A-.5. - - each - at £. 1.10s. d°- - at £.1. is. - d°- - at - 15/ - d° - - at/.3. 3. - d° - - at £.1. iof. d# - - at A-5 - - d°- Per Annum. £. s. d. 252- 7 17 6 Coo —■ — 210 -- 5® 60- 185 — 54 15 ~ 100 10 — 64- 134 12 3 35- 10 10 — ]6 16 — 12- 28 7 — 12- 40- Per Annum. £. s. d. 259 17 G 993 Infant Asylum in the Isle of Wight for 60 Children 453 15 3 24>436 13 5 837 18 —I 25,274 11 51 (Signed) Jphn Lugard, Adj* & SeeL 251. f> 17$