An account of the present state of the prisons and houses of correction in the Oxford 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

All titles

• An account of the present state of the prisons and houses of correction in the Oxford 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
• State of the prisons in England and Wales. Abridgments

People / Organizations

• John Howard (Author)

Imprint

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

Publication year

1789

ESTC No.

T164090

Grub Street ID

202381

Description

[6],xvi,44,7,[1]p. ; 8°.

Note

With a half-title bearing on its verso the date

After p. 44 comes the 'Abstract from the Acts of the 14th and 24th Geo. III.', with separate pagination and register.

Uncontrolled note

500 Information from L. Baumgartner's 'John Howard (1726-1790) Hospital and prison reformer: a bibliography.' Reprinted from Bulletin of the history of Medicine. Vol. 7 nos 5 & 6 May and June, 1939. Verify title punctuation