great Service Benefit but that & would not Cure the Evil,

In support of the last Allegations of the City [..] Petition Sir James
Hodges< no role > [..] of the City of London being Examined said that the Physicians
and Surgeons belonging to the several Hospitals
under the Government of the City are by the
Orders of the Court of Mayor and Aldermen
to attend diseased Prisoners in Newgate and
the other Gaols but have of late years refused to
attend the Gaol of Newgate or Account of the
Danger they apprehended there [..] stet, And further
said That the Inhabitants living Contiguous to the
the said Gaol did about 7 years since Petition
the CorporationCommon Councilof London setting forth their
Apprehensions of being infected with the Gaol
Distemper from the Vicinity to Newgate and
the Stenches from thence In Consequence of
which the Common Council appointed a Committee
who went throught the Allegations of the Petn.
and Surveyed the Gaol and caused an Examination
to