6. That
the following Rules, &c. be observed in the House of Correction,
and that they be printed in plain, legible, characters, and fixed in
some conspicuous parts of the said House:-
"RULES,
ORDERS, and REGULATIONS to be observed and enforced at every House of
Correction, provided and established, under the authority of the Acts
of the seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King James the
First, the seventeenth of King George the Second, and the twenty-second
of King George the Third.
1. "that
the several persons who shall be committed to the House of Correction,
to be kept to hard labour, shall be employed (unless prevented by ill
health) every day during their confinement, (Except Sundays, Christmas
Day, and Good Friday) for so many hours, as the daylight in the different
seasons of the year will admit, not exceeding twelve hours, being allowed
thereout to rest, half a hour at breakfst, an hour at dinner, and half
an hour at supper; and that the intervals shall be noticed by the ringing
of a bell."
2. "That
the Governor of each House of Correction shall adapt the various employments,
which shall be directed by the Justices ay their Quarter Sessions, to
each person, in such manner as shall be best suited to his or her strength
and ability; regard being had to age and sex."
3. "That
the Males and Females shall be employed, and shall also eat and be lodged
in separate apartments, and shall have no intercourse or communication
with each other."
4. "That
every person so committed, shall be sustained with bread, and any coarse
bit wholesome food and water; but persons under the care of the Physician,
Surgeon or Apothecary, shall be sustained with such food and liquor
as he shall direct."
5. "That
the Governor and such other perons (if any) as shall be employed by
the Justices to assist the Governor, shall be very watchful and attentive
in seeing that the persons so committed are constantly employed during
the hours of work; and if any person shall be found remiss or negligent
in performing what is required to be done by such person, to the best
of his or her power and ability, or shall wilfully waste, spoil, or
damage the goods committed to his or her care, the Governor shall punish
every such person in the manner hereafter directed."
Cleanliness
and Health
1. That
the walls and ceilings of the several Cells and Wards, and other rooms
used by the Prisoners in the Gaol, be scraped and white-washed at least
once in every year; and be regularly washed and kept clean, and constantly
supplied with fresh air by hand ventilators or otherwise.
2. That
two Rooms be set apart in the Gaol for the sick Prisoners, one for each
sex, into which they shall be removed, as soon as they are seized with
any disorder, and shall be kept separate from those in the health.
3. That
a Cold and Warm Bath be provided, or commodious Bathing Tubs, in which
the Prisoners shall be washed (according to the condition in which they
may be at the time) before they are suffered to go out of the Gaol,
on any occasion whatever.
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