CO129-021 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [9-12] — Page 12

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originally constructed for forty persons. It is

destitute

privies

one

of

Conveniences.

nor water.

of the

Corners

which is cleansed

of any

sort, neither

. A wooden tub is placed in

for the

use

of the prisoners

every morning and evening.

3.

10

imbedded in the Chinam floor; upon these the

prisoners discharge their urine which is _

carried

a

away by hole through the wall...

a set of privies

communicating

with a set

on the

outside of the Sail . These privies though

It emits

a

very offensive

smell which

intended for the

wese

of the prisoners confined

circulates throughout

the

room).

The floor -

in this

1 jail

where it stands is saturated with the urine.

The

are

room

current

apertures in the upper part of the quite sufficient for the purpose of ventilation, but from the want of a of air in the lower part to carry off the foul air arising from the breathing of so many persons, added to the stench from the wooden teeb, the room is close and

disagreeable.

The lower floor is nearly

are not used, being very

inconvenient and having no door

of

"

communication with the interior of the Dail They will become

very

useful

I when the walls

complited for such of the

of the Sacl are prisoners as may

be allowed to roam about

the prison yard, but at present it would be unsafe to allow the prisoners to have access to them, as they might with facility

in the same

effect

here

state as the upper one, and is now

by

the convict chain

men.

occupied

gang consisting of This room is also

about seventy destitute of Conveniences

Conveniences of any of

number of flat

ine Comer

a

kind. In

tiles

are

their

escape. Wooden tubs

on the

are

used

upper floor. There is no

water in the Sail, either above

Ør

below

to cleanse or purify the floors. The effluria.

generated in the

in the present crowded state of the prisons, the breathing of such a