| Description | p. 5: 'Articles concernant l'Econome de l'Hopital' (summary of the Steward's duties and powers).
pp. 6-21: Memoranda for each month, similar to those in H/C/1/1, but with considerable variations.
pp. 22-23: Inventory of beds (248 in all) in the Hospital, with their locations, including those occupied by members of staff, with their names. A good idea of the Hospital buildings can be obtained from this.
pp. 24-27: List of original Directors, with names and dates of those subsequently appointed up to January 1742/3. A note of death, with date, has been added to some entries.
pp. 33-34: List of Directors nominating to Seignoret apprenticeships, from January 1738/9. To some entries the name of the apprentice has been added.
p. 37: List of persons nominated for admission in consideration of the Hervart benefaction, 1738-1744, and the Dufour and St Hippolyte benefactions, n.d., with dates of death etc. added in some cases.
p. 39: List of the 12 original trustees for the Bond's Court property, with dates of death of five.
pp. 44-45: Forms of various receipts and certificates relating to named pensioners, including one concerning the Wallon Church of Delft, Holland.
p. 46: (i) Names of Directors responsible for keeping various record books, 1739.
(ii) Annual numbers of deaths in the Hospital, 1733-1743 (ranging from 21 to 44, except for 1741, when there where 60).
p. 47: (i) List of pensioners in the Hospital, with amounts of annual pensions, 1739.
(ii) Daily consumption and cost of soup, beef and mutton and of the Sunday roast, and Friday pork or salt cod, for 250 inmates.
p. 48: Observations on the Hospital brewery, with quantities of malt and hops used and beer produced, 1742.
The book had previously been started, at the other end, as a record of clothing held and clothing issued or destroyed, but entries are from February 1719 to January 1720 only. |