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of the Town he Say'd he believed it might in<lb></lb>
part and partly from its being so irregularly<lb></lb>
built and the want of Air (Mr. Akerman)<lb></lb>
he say'd further that in the year 1763. 16. prisoners<lb></lb>
dyed within a Month, and as he apprehended<lb></lb>
all but two or three of the Gaol Distemper-and that<lb></lb>
in the cours of 10. years he had buried 8. or 10. of<lb></lb>
his Servants-That he found great difficulty<lb></lb>
to prevail on any persons of the Faculty to<lb></lb>
attend the prisoners when they were ill<lb></lb>
That he remembred the Ventilator's being put<lb></lb>
<del>{up in 1755. and that it was talked of at that<lb></lb>
time that several of the Workman were taken<lb></lb>
ill and that some dyed-</del>
That he had known<lb></lb>
2. or 3. Women who came into the Gaol to see<lb></lb>
their Husbands and some Children of women<lb></lb>
brought to bed in the Gaol who have caught the<lb></lb>
Distemper and Dyed.</p>
<p n="1549">Being Examined as the press yard<lb></lb>
he Say'd That there is an Area in the press yard<lb></lb>
abt.</p>
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