542 Account of Experiments 



Average of the Description of Poor for the week ending y^th of 

 April, 1796. 



Employed . . . 

 Infirm and incurable 



Idiots 



Blind 



In the Infirmary. 



Sick patients, servants, etc. . 

 Lunatics , 



Employed at actual labour 

 „ „ menial offices 



Total .... 426 „ 

 Amongst the 1570 persons above-mentioned, are 282 children and 

 447 compelled persons. 



Of the children, 205 are taught to spell, read, and write. 



lbs. loaves, lb. Value. 



£ s. d. 

 ► 186 is 41 i^ I 14 o 



Saturday, April 30, 1796. 

 1227 Persons fed at Breakfast. 

 120 servants in new house @ 8 oz. lbs. 



bread 60 



336 incurables, children, etc., @ 6 oz. 



bread 126 ^ 



771 workers, etc., got stirabout. 



1227 persons. 



Weight of meal for stirabout, 4 cwt., costs .... 3 18 

 120 servants in new house get gal's, pts. 

 I quart butter-milk each . 30 o 

 1084 workers, incurables, etc., 



I pint butter-milk .... 135 4 

 23 sucklers get no butter-milk. 



Allowed for waste .... 14- 



167 gallons of butter-milk, 

 value £1. 



1227 persons. 



£ s. d. 



Brought down S ^S ^ 



s. d. 



Fuel to cook the stirabout, 3 bush., cost 23^^ -i o\ 



Salt for ditto, i qr. 3 lbs., cost opi' ' 



The breakfast cost .... 5 18 8^ 

 Quantity of water, 5 barrels 6 gallons. 



