Bye-laws, rules, orders and directions, for the better government of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, made and confirmed ... Dec. 1775 and ... Feb. 1776.

  • Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich
Date:
1776
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Credit: Bye-laws, rules, orders and directions, for the better government of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, made and confirmed ... Dec. 1775 and ... Feb. 1776. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    night, and fee if all the fires and candles are out, and whether all things are fife and quiet ; and to look into all the cabbins, and fee which are empty, and take an account ol all fuch, and to carry the faid account to the Lieutenant upon duty ; as like- wife the names of all Penfioners who come into the^ Hofpital after the ringing of the night-bell, and of fuch of his uard who fhall fail in doing; their duty. O iD J V. The Boatfwains are to keep good order in their refpedtive wards, and to view the cherts, bedding, and furniture of the Penfioners once a week, or oftner ; they are to fee that the Penfioners be duly fhaved, and that they keep themfelves clean, and do not daub or fpoil their cloathing, or damage the furniture of the Hofpital; as likewife, that they do not fmoke in the wards, or xbring any provifions there; and they are to fee that the fires and candles be put out in their wards at nine of the clock at night, between Michaelmas and Lady-day. VI. They are to fee that all orders, ifiued out by their fuperior Officers, be punctually obferved, and to inform >