An account of the present state of the prisons and houses of correction in the northern circuit : Taken from a late publication of John Howard, Esq. F.R.S. By Permission of the Author. To which is prefixed, an Introduction, Stating The Acts lately passed for improving the Prisons in this kingdom. The good Effects which have resulted from those Acts, where they have been carried into Execution. The Abuses which still continue where they have been neglected; and The means by which those Abuses may most effectually be corrected.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, John, 1726-1790.

Standardized Title:

State of the prisons in England and Wales. Abridgments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases--Hosptials.

Communicable diseases.

Prisons--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Prisons.

Correctional institutions--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Correctional institutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([6],xvi,58,[2],7,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Account of the present state of the prisons and houses of correction in the northern circuit.

Place of Publication:

London : printed by order of the Society lately instituted for giving effect to his Majesty's proclamation against vice and immorality, [1789]

Notes:

With a half-title bearing on its verso a note dated: 'June, 1789.', and a resolution of the Committee of the Society with a list of errata on the verso.

The leaf after p.58 is blank, and after it follows the 'Abstract from the Acts of the 14th and 24th Geo. III.', with separate pagination and register.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T109821.

OCLC:

642275314