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MASTER, 1703.
A T r h e R e port of the great Number of Boor Vagrant, and other Children, as
alfo of the other Grown and Able Boory 'Beggars, , and Other Idle and Diforderly
Terfins, Educated, Maintained, and Imployed by the and Governors for the
BOOR of the City of London}at their IV 0 R K- H 0 V $ E in Bijbopfgate-flreet, in
;the Year laft paft.
N the Year of our Lord, 169%. The Neceffity, Number, and continual Increafe of the Poor within the City of London and Liberties thereof \ became
To very great and exceeding Burthenfome, that it was then thought high time to put a flop to fo growing a Mifchief.
In order thereto, a Corporation was Ere&ed by Virtue of an AO: of Parliament, made in the 13 and 14th Years of the Reign of the late King
Charles II. intituled. An AS for the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom -, and a Work-Houfe prepared. In fitting up whereof, and in fur-
nifliing the fame with all manner of Conveniences, there were great Sums of Money laid out and expended, befides a confiderable Yearly Rent is
.paid for the fame. The Vreftdent and Governors wlxeteof,-having ferioufly confidered how to prevent the great Increafe of the Poor for the future, re-
fblv'd to begin at thp Original Caufe thereof ^ and therefore ordered all thole Poor Vagrant Children that were found within, the City, and had no Settle*
ment, to be brought into their Work Houfe, as alio all fuch Poor Parijh Children that belonged to the feveral Parifhes of this City, that were above Seven
Years old (who were heretofore generally bred very idle, little Care being taken to Educate and Imploy them) thefe they ordered to be taught Read¬
ing •> Writing, and Arithmetick, and imployed in Spinning Woo 11 and Flax, Knitting of Stockings, making their Cloths, their Shoess and the like Im«
ploy men ts, to inure them betimes to honeft Labour and biduftry.
For the better Government of this Undertaking, the faid Prefident and Governors have, and do imploy a Secretary, a Steward, a School mafter who is
a Minifter ^ a Writing -Mafter,-- two Matrons, a School-miftrefs, thirteen Nurfes, fifteen Teachers -, a Mejfenger, a Porter, two Cooks, and two under
Cooks, whofe neceffary Salaries and Allowances are a further, conftant, and unavoidable Charge.
A Ihort View of this Affair, as to the Children, is as follows ^
Wagrant Children remaining in the Houfe laft Eafler, * <— " 127 7
Wa grant Children admitted in the Year paft, (of which Number are 37 from Keepers fide, >271
"TVagrant Children put out Apprentices at the iolelRofl and Charge of the Corporation, 60T ^
^Vagrant Children Died and run away, «■ —~ — — ... - —-—- oj ^
Vagrant Children remaining this Eajler, ■ » ■■ » ■ . * 20z
:Poor Parijh Children remaining laft Eafler, ■ ■ . ^ ... . ■ ■ ^ ■ 2307
■ Poor Parijh Children admitted in the Year paft, * . > ■ . • • 703^°°
,Poor Parifb Children put out Apprentices from the Work-Houfe by the Church-Wardens. 6$ 7
Poor Parijh Children Died, _ ~ IQf
Poor Parijh Children remaining, —- .. - , 1 ——. , * .. 225
Now in the HOUSE —-»
Vagrant Children, as above, — 1 ■ ■» 202 Boys » -■ ■« » 277
.Parijh Children, as above, —-— —-= —- 225 Girls — • » . - » 150
In all -—— -——— — - ■ - >'427 In all -— 427
What remained neceffary to be done, was fome Pro.vifion for the employing all grown fturdy Beggars, and other idle and diforderly Perfons, and for
^preventing their Begging in the Streets: For doing which, the City-MarJhals, and their Men, the feveral Conftables, Beadles, Under Beadles, Warders,
. and Streets Men of the feveral Wards, are ordered to take up all fuch, and carry them dire£lly into the Work Houfe, where they are receiv'd, and immedf
ately fet to work, and imployed in Sowing, Picking of Okum, Beating of Hemp, and Rafping of Logwood. It is very remarkable, That among thefe fort of
vperfons) feveral Great Cheats, pretending to be Lame, Dumb, and Blind, have been here detetled.
Tor the better Management whereof, igapl^yed # Keeper and five Servants.
• ©f thefe there remain'd in the Houfe at Eafier laft, —• _ 25"?
Committed and fent in this Year laft paft, — - ——• 405) v \
Difcharged after being there kept fome time, ■ ■ - • -———- 279
Difcharged to go into the Queen's Service by Land and Sea, » - ■ ■■■■ 23
Difcharged to go to the Plantations by their own Confent, —
Died and Efcaped, * • ■. . lSf
Put out Apprentices, — —• —» ■— —— -—- « ■ 10
.Put to Spinning, —— — ■ —- . 37
Remaining this Eafier in the Houfe, -— * — * - ■■■-■■ ■ » 4?
* The faid Prefident and Governors do alfo at their Work-Houfe aforefaid, deliver out Wool and Flax to all fuch Poor as are willing to Work, and com*
"there for it, to be Spun at their own Habitations, and pay the beft Prizes that are any where given for Spinning the fame.
Thus (to ufe the Words of the Right Reverend Bfthopof Litchfield and Coventry) the Refufe of Mankind, they that would be otherwife the Bane and
'Scandal of the Commonwealth, are refcued from Perdition, and made ufeful Members of it.
The Charge of this Great and Charitable Undertaking for the Maintaining, Educating, and Imploying the lounger fort of the Poor of this City, for Re-
Torming the Vicious, and Incouraging the Sober, Honeft, and Induftrious Touth, it's hoped will be confidered by all thofe that have a true Senfe of Chrifiia-
nity} and of thqgreat Good fo ufeful a Charity is and will be, not only to the Bodies and Souls of rnany that otherwife would never have been put into
any way of Buf nefs, had any Imployment,. any Education, or any Senfe of God and Religion, but alfo to the Inhabitants of this City and Kingdom, to whom
otherwife thefe poor Wretches had been a constant Charge, and as well great Annoyance. This evidently appears by the fmall Number of foung Criminals,
that are arraigned at the Seflions-Houfe/^ Crimes done in London, ft nee this Work-Houfe hath been Erefied.
It is therefore moft humbly recommended to all Charitable Perfons, that this Work-Houfe, which hath through God's BleJJing already reclaimed many Vi¬
cious Children and others, may be encouraged and carried on by their kind AJJiftance. The faid Prefident and Governors intending to make further Conve¬
niencies for Imploying the Poor, and to be ft ill more ufeful to th eCity therein, if they fhall be enabled fo to do by freft) Donationsand Supplies.
Bifhop of Litchfield's Ser- It is hardly pojfible for Men to be better employed than in this Work, or to be more Charitable than in their Contributions
mon, Eajler, 170*, towards it. v; .
This ACCOUNT ends March 26, 1703.
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