14S MINUTES OF EVIDENCE BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE djl". Mercurii, 14° die Mail, 1823. THOMAS SPRING RICE, ESQUIRE, IN THE CHAIR. Z> r. William Harty. i ^ ' ( 14 May.) William Harty, M. D. AGAIN CALLED IN; AND DELIVERED IN CERTAIN DOCUMENTS, WHICH WERE READ AS FOLLOWS: WEEKLY AVERAGE OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATIENTS IN THE DIFFERENT GAOLS OF DUBLIN DURING A GIVEN TIME, EMBRACING THE THREE WINTER AND SUMMER MONTHS OF 1822. WEEKLY AVERAGE OF SICK UNDER CARE OF THE PHYSICIAN. N. B.— THERE WERE MANY OTHER EXTERNS WHOSE NAMES DO NOT APPEAR on THE FACE of THE PRESCRIPTION BOOK. THE RETURN OF SURGICAL PATIENTS, INCLUDES NEWGATE AND RICHMOND BRIDEWELL ONLY, AND GIVES FOR THESE THREE SUMMER MONTHS OF 1822, A WEEKLY AVERAGE FOR BOTH PRISONS, OF 26, OF WHOM ABOUT ONE TENTH WERE EXTERNS." " WEEKLY AVERAGE OF MEDICAL PATIENTS IN THE SEVERAL PRISONS OF DUBLIN, DURIN ® A PERIOD OF ELEVEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH THE TOTAL ANNUAL MORTALITY. Mortality in each Prison during the same period. NEWGATE - CITY MARSHALSEA - SHERIFF'S PRISON RICHMOND BRIDEWELL SMITHFIELD PENITENTIARY - TOTAL DEATHS - GIVING AN AVERAGE ANNUAL MOR- TALITY IN ALL THE PRISONS OF ABOUT 6- F. " MADE IO OBEDIENCE TO THE ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE. JV H„ THOSE ARE PREPARED BY YOU ?— THEY ARE. YOU BELIEVE THEM TO BE ACCURATE?— I DO. WHEN YOU SPOKE OF THE LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH IN YOUR OPINION OCCASIONED THE ADDITIONAL MALADY M THE PRISONS OF DUBLIN ; DID YOU WISH TO APPLY THAT PART OF YOUR OBSERVATIONS TO THE RICHMOND BRIDEWELL?- CERTAINLY, EXCEPT SO FAR AS situation msTS the^ PPly;° the RICHM0ND BRIDEWELL> BECAUSE IL INMATES A e COM- POSED OF THE SAME CLASS OF PRISONERS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN NEWGATE. BUT