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20 Decr 1802

II Hulk Mortality Sinecure made to screen it.

I thought I had done troubling Your Lordship about XVII Hulks

1
Hulks Mortality
on board the Portsmouth
& Langston
1. Portsmouth
the Hulks: but fates have ordered otherwise. Accident has this moment

In the midst of these speculation accident
has just

puts into my hands the interesting publication
of Mr Nield. and from this I derive the followingVisit paid to the Hulks in MArch last, under
Your LOrdships auspices by the author and Sir Henry Mildmay;
intelligence Visit to the Hulks the official screens broke through and among to results the following - -

No 1 Portsmouth HarbourCaptiviiity Hulk March 15th 17812+ Many visited. NoMany with ptures; some with
trusses:Sore legs, and a A number unable to work in consequence + Neilds Account of
Society for discharge
of small debts pp. 307-
322
of sore legs ..... attributed byCause, according to the Surgeon to " an
"impoverished habit, & the want of proper care:
viz. during their confinement in those<add>the</add> Gaols: whence they were sent ++ ib.p.
to the Hulks: [+] Mortality proportion onehowever, as yet a trifle: "not one [+] in these Gaols into
which they werehad been kept crowded
by Your LordshipLord Pelham contrary
to law. in pursuance
of the plan
formedlaid down by the Duke of
Portland.
half the number of deathswhere<add>half</add>as great in proportion on board the Langston Hulks; in
which see:- not one guilt are in a twelvemonth not (Your Lordship will
Langston Harbour: the not an half as we shall seethat is
as a fourth of the number in one year ++ so much Lordship as an eighth part of
the whole.

Identifier: | JB/116/582/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1	1802-12-20	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-2
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	582	Info in main headings field	letter 3
Image	001	Titles	ii hulks mortality sinecure made to screen it
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / f40
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7	ID Number	38115
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