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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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A late calculation details London's infrastructure including alms-houses, hospitals, markets, schools, and inns, serving one million inhabitants, along with annual provisions consumed such as cattle, sheep, swine, fish, and oysters.
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one hundred alms-houses, twenty hospitals and infirmaries, three colleges, ten public prisons, fifteen flesh markets, one ditto for live cattle, two for herbs, and twenty-three for corn, coals, hay, &c. fifteen inns of court, twenty-seven public squares, forty-nine halls for companies, eight public or free schools, 131 charity ditto, which provide education for 5054 poor children, 207 inns, 447 taverns, 551 coffee-houses, 5975 ale houses, 1000 hackney-coaches, 400 hackney-chairs, 7000 streets, lanes, courts, and alleys, and 130,000 dwelling houses, containing one million of inhabitants.
Provisions consumed annually.
Black cattle. 93,274
Sheep and lambs, 194,760
Calves,
Swine, 186,932
Pigs, 52,120
Poultry and wild fowl innumerable.
Mackerels sold at Billingsgate, 14,740,000
Oysters, bushels, 105,530
Small boats, with cod, haddock, whitings, besides great quantities of river and salt fish, 11,431
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London
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From A Late Calculation
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London has one hundred alms-houses, twenty hospitals and infirmaries, three colleges, ten public prisons, fifteen flesh markets, one for live cattle, two for herbs, twenty-three for corn, coals, hay, etc., fifteen inns of court, twenty-seven public squares, forty-nine halls for companies, eight public or free schools, 131 charity schools providing education for 5054 poor children, 207 inns, 447 taverns, 551 coffee-houses, 5975 ale houses, 1000 hackney-coaches, 400 hackney-chairs, 7000 streets, lanes, courts, and alleys, and 130,000 dwelling houses containing one million inhabitants. Annual provisions consumed include 93,274 black cattle, 194,760 sheep and lambs, calves (number unspecified), 186,932 swine, 52,120 pigs, innumerable poultry and wild fowl, 14,740,000 mackerels sold at Billingsgate, 105,530 bushels of oysters, and 11,431 small boats with cod, haddock, whitings, plus great quantities of river and salt fish.