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<p n="678">not been there for now more than Two Years excepting once very lately<lb></lb>
That sometimes when he came he Examined the sick but he never<lb></lb>
attended constantly sometimes he did not come once in a fortnight<lb></lb>
sometimes not once in a Month that he used to send a Young man<lb></lb>
who took down the names of such persons as were ill and afterwards a<lb></lb>
third person brought medicines in a basket and directed to whom they<lb></lb>
should be delivered, that Medicines were this delivered about Eight<lb></lb>
or Ten times, That the three Persons did not attend afore times in<lb></lb>
the whole that the Goal was not particularly unhealthy at the time<lb></lb>
Dr. Smith attended That he never pointed out any regulations for the<lb></lb>
better management of the Goal that Mr Glover attended the prisoners<lb></lb>
during the time of Dr Smith attendance and at that time as well as<lb></lb>
at every other time he took indefatigable pains about them That the prisoners<lb></lb>
generally healthy sometimes for a whole month there will not be one<lb></lb>
person sick that it is a great rarity if Two Persons in Confinement die<lb></lb>
in a Year, That he is very clear that there was not Seventy three<lb></lb>
persons or any thing like such a number sick during the time Dr<lb></lb>
Smith attended the Prison.</p>
<p n="679">Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50722_n679-1">George Garrett</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50722_n679-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50722_occ137">Keeper</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50722_geo702">Whitechapel</rs>
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Goal<lb></lb>
informed your Committee that he had been Keeper of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50722_geo703">Whitechapel</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50722_geo703" type="placeName" value="Whitechapel"></interp>
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Goal<lb></lb>
more than six Years and that he has constantly resided in the Goal since<lb></lb>
his appointment That no medical person has constantly attended the<lb></lb>
Goal within that time but that the Prison being situate nearly <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50722_geo704">opposite<lb></lb>
the London Hospital</rs>
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, when any of the Prisoners were sick he has<lb></lb>
applied to the Medical <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50722_occ138">Gentleman</rs>
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attending the Hospital, who have<lb></lb>
very kindly given their assistance, That a person of the name of Smith<lb></lb>
called at the Goal about Three Years ago, said when any of the<lb></lb>
Prisoners were ill they might send to him and left his direction that<lb></lb>
one of the Prisoners did send for the Doctor once but he believes he never<lb></lb>
came to him that there are not more than fourteen Prisoners under<lb></lb>
Confinement upon a Medicine and it is very seldorn indeed that any of<lb></lb>
them are ill the time of there respective Imprisonments being do very<lb></lb>
short</p>
<p n="680">Your Committee further Report that it appear<lb></lb>
to them from the above accounts and other testimony that the information<lb></lb>
given to the Committee of the House of Commons by Mr Ridout and<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50722_n680-2">William Smith</rs>
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in respect to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50722_geo705">Tothill fields Bridewell</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50722_geo706">Whitechapel</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Goal is in many instances grossly untrue It is untrue that Dr Smith<lb></lb>
attended the several Goals mentioned in his Report (being ten in number)</p>
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