ON THE LOCAL TAXATION OF TIIE CITY OF DUBLIN. 113 BUT I AM NOT AT A\\ ON WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED INTIMATE TERMS WITH HIM ; I NEVER DINED WITH HIM IN PRIVATE, NOR HE WITH ME. ARE YOU UNDER ANY OBLIGATIONS TO HIM FOR FAVOURS SUCH AS PHYSICIANS MAY RECEIVE FROM APOTHECARIES ?— I CAN SAY THAT I NEVER RECEIVED THROUGH HIS RECOMMENDATION A SINGLE SHILLING, TO MY KNOWLEDGE OR BELIEF. HAVE YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS EVER BEEN INFLUENCED BY A DESIRE TO INCREASE HRS EMOLU- MENT?— MY HABIT, UNFORTUNATELY PERHAPS FOR MYSELF, IS TO PRESCRIBE FOR THE PATIENT AND NOT FOR THE APOTHECARY; AND IN THIS CASE I COULD HAVE NO MOTIVE TO ACT OTHERWISE. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY SPECIAL REASON FOR THE LOUD CLAMOUR THAT EXISTS AGAINST THE APOTHECARY?— I HAVE SOME REASON TO KNOW THAT IT IS PROMOTED BY PERSONS DESIROUS OF GETTING HIS SITUATION. HOW OFTEN ARE YOU REQUIRED BY LAW TO ATTEND THE PRISONS ?— TWICE A- WEEK AT LEAST AT EACH PRISON, AND OFTENER IF NECESSARY; THE GAOL OF NEWGATE ALONE COMPELS ME ON AN AVERAGE, AND THE CALCULATION IS MADE FROM THE ATTENDANCE BOOK, TO ATTEND AT LEAST BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR TIMES A- WEEK : IN MANY CASES I HAVE BEEN CALLED TO ATTEND SIX TIMES A- WEEK. ARE YOU CALLED UPON TO ATTEND AT UNSEASONABLE HOURS ?— OFTEN. IS YOUR DUTY LIABLE TO ANY GREAT OCCASIONAL INCREASE?— IT HAS AT TIMES BEEN LIABLE TO A GREAT INCREASE, SO THAT I HAVE BEEN OBLIGED TO ATTEND SIX OR SEVEN TIMES IN THE WEEK, AT NEWGATE MORE ESPECIALLY. HAVE YOU ANY OTHER DUTY TO DISCHARGE BESIDES ATTENDING THE SICK ?— I HAVE TO ATTEND TO EXAMINE THE PRISONERS BEFORE TRIAL, AND TO EXAMINE ALL CONVICTS BEFORE THEY ARE SENT ON BOARD SHIP ; TO MAKE WEEKLY REPORTS TO THE INSPECTOR, AND TO CERTIFY THE HEALTH OF ANY PRISONERS WHEN REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT. ARE YOU CONSULTED RESPECTING THE DIETARY AND CLOTHING OF THE PRISONERS?— WITH RESPECT TO THE CLOTHING I AM NOT, ALTHOUGH I HAVE INTERFERED OCCASIONALLY IN DIRECTING ADDITIONAL CLOTHING ; BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE DIETARY, I HAVE BEEN ALWAYS CONSULTED ; I BELIEVE ALWAYS, EXCEPT ON THE LAST CHANGES. ARE THE PRISONERS IN THE HABIT OF COMPLAINING TO YOU ON THOSE AND OTHER SUBJECTS ? — WHENEVER THEY HAVE HAD CAUSE OF COMPLAINT: THEY HAVE COMPLAINED TO ME WHEN PROVISION OF ANY KIND HAPPENED TO BE BAD, AND OTHER OFFICERS WERE NOT IN THE WAY, AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REDRESSED. THE CASE, HOWEVER, IS NOT OF FREQUENT OCCURRENCE. CAN YOU STATE THE NUMBER OF BEDS APPROPRIATED FOR THE SICK OF THE DIFFERENT PRISONS, DISTINGUISHING THE MEDICAL FROM THE SURGICAL CASES ?— THE NUMBER OF BEDS APPRO- PRIATED TO THE MEDICAL PATIENTS IN FOUR OF THE PRISONS AMOUNTS TO 44. IN THE SMITH- FIELD PENITENTIARY THERE IS NO DISTINCT HOSPITAL, BUT WHEN TIIERE ARE SICK THERE ARE ALWAYS BEDS PROVIDED ; THERE ARE FOR THE SURGEON 24 BEDS, BUT GENERALLY THERE WERE IN THE MAJORITY OF THOSE, TWO IN A BED, WHICH I NEVER PERMIT; AND WHEN THE HOSPITALS ARE OVER- CROWDED, I ALWAYS DIRECT THE GAOLER TO FURNISH THE SICK WITH CELLS. ARE THEY EVER EMPTY ?— THE ONLY HOSPITALS THAT ARE EVER EMPTY, AND THAT IS ONLY OCCASIONALLY, ARE THE HOSPITALS OF THE CITY, MARSHALSEA AND THE SHERIFF'S PRISON ; THE OTHERS ARE CONSTANTLY OCCUPIED, NOT ALWAYS FULL, BUT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY OCCU- PIED. I HAVE MADE OUT THE WEEKLY AVERAGE NUMBER OF MALES AND FEMALES IN THEM, WHICH I WILL SPECIFY IN THE RETURN I AM REQUIRED TO MAKE. WILL YOU STATE THE TOTAL OR THE AVERAGE MORTALITY OF THE FIVE DUBLIN PRISONS, DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH YOU HAVE KNOWN IT?— THE CALCULATION I MADE ON THAT SUBJECT WAS MADE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH I HOPE MAY PLACE IT ABOVE SUSPICION, EITHER AS TO THE WEEKLY NUMBER OF THE SICK OR THE MORTALITY; IT WAS A TABLE THAT I FORMED IN GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PREVALENCE OF THE EPIDEMIC FEVER IN IRELAND, AND THE DIFFERENT PRISONS : THAT TABLE STATES FROM THE YEAR 1812 TO 1819; I HAVE ADDED TO IT THE THREE SUBSEQUENT YEARS. [ The witness delivered in the same.'] WHAT ARE THE CHIEF SOURCES OF TROUBLE AND LOSS OF TIME IN THE DISCHARGE OF YOUR OFFICIAL DUTIES; DO THEY ARISE FROM THE NUMBER OF PRISONS, FROM THE AMOUNT OF SICK, OR THE CHARACTER OF THE SICKNESS ?— THE TROUBLE IS GREATLY AGGRAVATED BY THE NUMBER OF PRISONS THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO ATTEND; SOME OF THEM BEING AT REMOTE AND INCONVE- NIENT DISTANCES: A FURTHER SOURCE OF TROUBLE IS THE CONSTANT NUMBER OF SICK IN EACH, AND THAT TROUBLE AT TIMES IS NOT TO BE ESTIMATED SO MUCH BY THE NUMBER OF THE SICK, AS BY THE SEVERITY AND ACUTENESS OF SOME OF THE CASES. A SINGLE CASE MIGHT REQUIRE ME TO ATTEND EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK, WHEN FORTY COMMON CASES MIGHT ONLY REQUIRE ME TO ATTEND TWICE A WEEK. What do you calculate to be the weekly average of your duty, and the amount 549- 3 C Is Dr. William Hart if.- ( 13 - May-) w