Heartbeat

In their Guidelines for 1862, the Commissioners for the Metropolitan Police described the duties of a constable patrolling a particular beat. They required him to acquaint himself thoroughly with every street, house and household in it, to take responsibility for a safe and orderly neighbourhood, and to visit every part of it at least once every fifteen minutes.

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