Source Book of London History, from the earliest times to 1800
History
Source Book of London History, from the earliest times to 1800
London (England) -- History
1. Houses having some sicke though none die, or from whence some
sicke have bene removed, are infected houses, and such are to be
shut up for a month.
2. The whole familie to tarry in xxviii days.
3. To keep shut the lower rooms for the like space.
4. One licensed to go for provision, etc.
5. No clothes hanged into the streets.
6. Such as have wells or pumpes, every morning by six and every
evening after eight a clocke, shall cause ten bucketts full to run
into the streets.
7. Every evening at that hour the streets and channels to be made
cleane, the water not swept out of the channell, nor the streets
overwett but sprinkled, etc.
8. The houses infected and things in them to be aired in the xxviii
days and no clothes or things about the infected persons to be given
awaie or sold, but either destroyed or sufficientlie purified.
9. Owners of houses infected with their familie, may within the
month depart to any their houses in the countrye, or to any other
house in the Cyttye without being shut up, so that they abstain from
returning to the Cyttye, or from going abroad out of house in the
Cyttye, for a month.
10. None shall keep dogg or bitche abroad unled nor within howling
or disturbing of their neighbours.
11. To have no assembly at funeral dynners or usual meeting in
houses infected.
12. None shall for a month come into infected houses but such as be
of the house and licensed to do service abroad.
13. No donghills out of stables, Bearhouses or other places to be
made in the strete.
14. To have double time of Restraint for consenting to pull down
bills, and the taker awaie to suffer imprisonement for viii days.
_Two Viewers of Dead Bodies,
Two Viewers of sick suspected_,
Shall be appointed and sworne.
These viewers to report to the Constable, he to the Clarke, and he
to the chief of Clarkes, all upon pain of imprisonment.
A pain of standing on the pillory for false reports by the viewers.
A loss of pension to such as shall refuse.
_Mendinge of Pavements._
That diligent care be had, that pavements be amended where nede is,
and that principall paviers be appointed to survey the wants of
paving, especiallie in Channels, and that the dwellers against such
may be forced to amend them.
_Interludes and Plaies._
If the increase of the sicknes be feared, that Interludes and plaies
be restrained within the libertyes of the Cyttye.
_Phisicions and Surgeons._
That skilful and learned physicions and surgeons may be provided to
minister to the sicke.
_Vagrant, Masterless, and poore people._
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