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" this charity; nor any with infectious
" distempers, or deemed incurable by the
" Physicians and Surgeons, or any in con-
" sumptive or asthmatic condition, are
" admitted into the house, being more
" capable of relief as out-patients."
The patients, being admitted with-
out any expence, are required to be con-
stant in their attendance on the Phy-
sicians, or Surgeons, at the hospital, be-
fore eleven o'clock; and, at nine o'clock,
to return thanks at the chapel, and at the
weekly committee next after their cure;
and those only who attend their cure, and
return thanks, will receive a certificate
thereof, which will entitle them to future
relief. The Account published by order of
the Governors in 1759.
LONDON LYING IN HOSPITAL, at Shaftes-
bury house, on the east side of Aldersgate
street; an edifice built with brick and
ornamented with stone, in a most noble
and elegant taste. The front to the street
is adorned with Ionic pilasters; the door
is arched, and has a balcony supported by
scrolls. This opens into a small area en-
compassed with buildings, within which
are accomodations for the patients.
This house, which was built by the mas-
terly hand of Inigo Jones, was formerly
the residence of the Earls of Shaftesbury,
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and deserves a much better situation. The
polite part of the town is now so far re-
moved from hence, that this edifice is
neither known nor admired so much as it
deserves. This structure, having been
converted to several mechanic uses, was
going to decay, but has, however, been
thoroughly repaired, and happily applied
to this noble charity; and in this house,
support and every necessary accommoda-
tion and assistance are furnished for mar-
ried women in the last stage of their preg-
nancy, time of labour, and month of ly-
ing-in.
This excellent charity was instituted on
the 30th of March 1750, by several ge-
nerous and humane persons; and has met
with suitable encouragement from many
of both sexes, who justly deserve that cha-
racter. But so many distressed objects
daily present themselves for the relief of
this charity, which has been attended
with a more than ordinary expence, by
the reception of the wives of many sea-
men and soldiers in the public service,
that its income, supported only by volun-
tary contributions, is not equal to its
wants; and therefore the Governors find
it still necessary to apply for the assistance
of the charitable and humane. The con-
ditions are,
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