January 1799.

where they had a Fire and every necessary atten-
dance they every one recovered and are now in
perfect health having some reason to think
their Complaints might arise from the sudden
severity of the Weather I communicated my
Opinion to the Visiting Magistrate who desired me
to try directly to find out some method to convey
warmth to the different Cells but after having used
different means none of which I found to Answer
the Prisoners were then permitted to go into different
Rooms with Fires in them where they have been
suffered to go during the Day time ever since, on
the 26th. of November one of the Persons committed
from Manchester was taken during the night very
ill, I was sent for to him at 6. o' Clock in the Morning
and found him in a very alarming and dangerous
state he Continued so for two Days and two nights
during which time I was almost Constantly with
him administering different remedies he is now
well but it may require some time for him to
recover his strength after so severe an illness
I have been 25. Years in practice and have
attended Workhouses and places of that sort and
never found any place so free from epidemical
Complaints or putrefaction as this Prison, as to
the Coldness of the Cells I have placed Thermometers
in them and in my own Bed Room at the same
time and have found the difference to be only
two Degrees and two Degrees and ½. between the
Cells and the Room I sleep in I frequently
Examined the Prisoners Diet there is scarcely a
Day I do not, I have always found it perfectly.