49^ THE POOR. 



MITFORD AND LAUNDITCH. — 1802. 



Paupers in the house, 2d of Aug. 1802 : 244 old an J 



young. 



Earnings — Upon the 21st of June last there were in the 



house 52 paupers : 86 women ; 4 boys and girls above 16, 



and under 18 ; 25 above 10, and under 16; 48 above 5, 



and under 10 ; and 38 under 5. — Earnings then about 81. 



or 9I. a week. 



Poor-rates lowered. 



Income uncertain. 



Salaries — Surgeon, House» 



Out-Surgeons 



Ditto, 



Ditto, 



Ditto, 



Chaplain, 



Clerk, 



Governor and Matron, exclusive 



' " 00 



7=) 84 



of tea and sugar, 

 Miller and Baker, - - 15 12 o 



Brewer and Shoemaker (paupers)- 15 12 O 

 Debt remaining 9000I. and 1502I. to the Treasurer. 



Poor-rates higlier or lower. — Each parish, by a late a£t 

 of pariiamenr, pays accutdiiui; to the number sent in:o 

 the house — have been much lower than those not incor- 

 porated. 



The circumstances which occasioned an application 

 to parliament, to enable the parishes to keep their 

 own poor, paying to the standing charges of the 

 house — a proceeding quite new, were these : several 

 gentlemen thought that the parish of East Dereham 



were 



