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He has been in abt. 10 yrs
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Shortly after the thorought: Cleansing
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the difference that 10 yrs can make
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in the walls of so durable a Building
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if not more proper for a
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physican to answd.
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Which is the very pait they went to destroy.
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9. the Dimensions of the Window
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Which is the place reserved for those
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that Pay.
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If heighth the Complaint why not
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lower the buildings more especially
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as the upper parts are almost
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ever unoccupied.
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too General.
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These as before observed
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might be easily examd. with
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water daily. The ill
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By this 'tis presumed he means the
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whole Gate and that the north &
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South Wings or sides which are hiders
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by the houses are so antient
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Admits Distemper owing to that in some
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measure38
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Thinks it more unhealthy than when he
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came unto office. because Walls so
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impregnated with bad stenches and
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old & rotton that they imbibe it more
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apprehends, takg all precaution
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ill
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grow worse & worse39
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G. Dance (City Survey) Has been acquainted
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wth. Newg. 30 yrs & have often been there
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on accot. of repairs
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Tis very Close & inconvenient and
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believes unhealthy.
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The parts over Gateway are most light
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others very Dark-staircases so dark
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can't do without lights
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Debtors part extreamly bad
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Close confined & very gloomy-no free
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Circulation of Air39
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In that part of the Gaol only a little
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opening over the Gateway, but little or no
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benefit can come to the Gaol. 40
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It's very gloomy theres one room 33
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feet by 23. & only one Window
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Part where felons are is very gloomy
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the whole Gaol is very bad except press
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yard
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The open area of press yard is 50
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foot long & 7 wide the height is 50
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feet
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much Air can't come the Colls &
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buildings which surrouned it is 50 feet his
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where
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felons are confined is very bad
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Most Wards have privies conveyed thre
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leaden pipes, which are frequently stopp
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by Prisoners which occasions very offense
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cant be made better, if new
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The fronts have been built since
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London all the rest is very
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By Hollinshed pa
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the North part was burnt down by the
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Carelessness of a Servt. Anno Dom.
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Good Judges of Buildings Say this
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may be cured by cleansing Etc.
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Great pity indeed after such great
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Sums bestow'd or that might have been
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layd out of the Coal Duty, within this Century
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If not of these little Divisions, the prisonrs
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would be more formidable there, and yet there
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are some very large & lofty rooms-one
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the Witness mentions 11 yards long-some
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of those windows are very large.
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N B. he only believes it unhealthy
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and yet objects to means
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The enquiry intended by this question was if
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the Witness is acquainted with the Gaols
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in other City & Counties; and whether many
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other Gaols of this Kingdom equally incomodious
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Being a Gaol within the City according to
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the description of the Statutes of Chas. 2.
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Q. what Ground the present Gaol covers
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and what City Land adjoins on either
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sider. some there in
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By the Laws of the City no building was to
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be within Yards of the
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all (the Gaol
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is in the Girl of the Wall) the property of that
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space therefore as was to Ground must be
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Long to the City, who enjoy the property of the
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Building thereon.
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Every one knows how willing Gentlemen
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are to avoid a disagreeable
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attendance-The
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In many places walls much decayd not
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fit for retention of prisoners, very damp
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& distemper being so frequent may be
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impregnated with effluvia
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Originally ill Constructed being a
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parcel of little divisions many of them
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without light or air-some of the largest
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Rooms only one light & that very gloomy
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upon the whole thinks the building very
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incomodious42
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no enlargemt. of the grating can
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possibly admit such a quantity of Air
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[the question is light] as to make it
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healthy.
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Thinks that part next press yard
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most
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healthy
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Comodious.
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That part on the North of the Gate
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most comodious
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rather more incomodious
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but thinks the whole very incomodious.
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Has survey'd other Gaols under the Care
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of the City.
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If an Area was annex'd & prisrs. Eslet
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out to air 'twod. be of use but the
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Gaol would not be more healthy than
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now.43.
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The Comittee of City Lands direct repairs
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and the expence always pd by the City 44
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Thinks there is not a possibility of
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altering Newgate because by taking
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internal Walls must make it Weaker
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& lyable for Prisrs to Escape
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Cant be alter'd so as to make it
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healthy.
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The present Spot not sufficient room
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to build anor on without additional
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Ground.
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Hodges (T Clerk) That Hospital Physicians
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are to attend diseasd prisrs. and have
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of late years refused on Accot. of Appre-
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hensions of danger-That the Inhabit
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tants contiguons petition'd on accot. of Ste
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