Mr. George Smith< no role > Governour of the House of Correction
at Tothillfields Westminster informed your Committee that he was
appointed Governor of Tothill fields Bridewell in the Year One thousand
Seven hundred and Sixty Seven that he has constantly resided in the said
Prison since his appointment to the present time that a Mr. Perdean
now attends the said Prison as Surgeon and Apothecary and has so done
by the direction of his Majestys Justices of the peace for Westminster for
more than a Year that Mr. Glover a Surgeon and apothecary constantly
attended for some years before till the time of Mr. Perdean's appointment
that about three Years ago a person of the name of Smith came to the
Prison and say'd that he came from a Committee of the House of
Commons , and particularly mentioned the name of Sir Charles
Whitworth< no role > as Chairman of the Committee, enquired Particularly into the
Government of the Goal the thickness of the Walls, and some other
circumstances of the like kind, and took the dimensions of several parts
of the Prison, That he looked at some of the Prisoners who were afflicted with
the Itch; That afterwards he sent some few Medicines and particularly
a Water, for the cure of the Itch That the said person did call at the
Prison a few times afterwards but not more than twelve in the whole
That the said Mr Smith never attended regularly, nor did any one
for him; That this Examinant does not remember there was any
person particularly ill at the time Mr Smith did attend That at
the time Mr Smith visited the Goal, Mr Glover constantly attended
the sick Prisoners and was very much displeased that any prison
should send Medicines to the Prisoners, with which he was not
acquainted That neither, Mr Smith, nor any one from him hath been
at the said Prison to attend the Sick, or administer any Medicines
for more than two years now last past That Mr Smith called about
a year ago and said if any of the Prisoners were sick they might send to him and he left his direction at the Goal, but that none of the
Prisoners did ever send to the said Mr Smith to this Examinants
knowledge or belief That there is not in general more than Three or
Four Prisoners ill at one time That there were not Seventy three
different persons sick under Confinement within the said Prison in the
time Mr Smith attended as above mentioned

Harry Wright< no role > Turnkey at Tothillfields Bridewell
informed your Committee That he had been Turnkey at Tothillfields
Bridewell about Thirteen Years and constantly at the gate during that
time that about Three Years ago Dr Smith came to the Prison buthar