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HOUSE OF RECOVERY

wherever she applied. In consequence exposure to cold, and distress of mind, her complaint rapidly increased, and she got a recommendation as in-patient to the Infirmary. But the rules of this charity forbad her admittance. She was, therefore, received into the House of Recovery, as an object peculiarly claimed by the nature of the institution.

"Jeremiah Bowcock was removed, on the first appearance of fever, from a family living at No. 77, Newton-lane; and, besides himself, consisting of seven men, four women, and three children. On the same floor with, and adjoining to the chamber (at No. 78, Newton-street) in which he and three others slept, a man, his wife, and three children constantly reside. The ground floor is occupied by two men, one woman, and three children; and the cellars are let for work rooms. The disease was introduced into this house by Bowcock's brother, who had been turned into the streets, when labouring under typhus, by