-Debtors have no Area.
How comes it that more Felons die than
Dobtors if Sickliness of Gaol is Want of
Air ?
of Sessions
at Order most & being
any Distemper'd
prisoners to Newgate
Frequently prisoners (Felons) brot. from other
Gaols distempered & we are liable to their
Distempers as Well as our ownNot
altogether from those but from our Own &
those together.
Whether if an Area of Ground was borght &
added to the Gaol for prisoners to Air, it
would tend to their Health ?
Qu when that salls
Bother. Spurg [..]
it Bad
Qu: if not buring & the
till [..] has keep of
prisoners not contutial
paping agt. them
It might be some benefit But the Walls
are so Rethen spurgy damp & bad that it
would not care it.
Have you kept any Account of persons
Conwrited & those acquitted ?
Nobut be S. nearly equal.
Is the Coroners or Jurors Why of coming
to view Bodies die ?
They are obliged to come but I being the
Qu [..] not for ye
Benefit of [..]
Body into the Press Yard they dont go in the
Wards ?
Did you ever know any Mischief happen to the
Coroner or Jurors ?
No Don't recollect any
Has Coroner attended in person or by Deputy ?
By Deputy.
Did you ever hear that the Coroner refused to
attend ?
if works Kept clean
ward they refuse ?
He has refused to go into the Cells &
applied to Court of Aldermen & said he must
give up his place if he was obliged to go into
the Wards.
If the Gaol was rebuilt whether a great No:
of physicians & Apothecaries would not refuse
to attend ?
Not so Commonly as they do now.
Whether Many Apothecaries who refuse now
would not attend if it was made Commodions
and Lealthy ?
I believe there would.
Have you any Debtors from Westminster