CO129-179 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [9-12] — Page 381

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I think quite as many things should be planned on the area. A projecting building in front of the central Hall would give ground floor space for offices and upper floors accommodation for debtors. I would build an infirmary separate from the present Hospital, as regards its dirty work then correction with the prison and its internal arrangement, it is impossible to imagine.

The Hospital should be a building of several floors in an aired basement about 100/2 feet high, which may be used for clean bedding, stores, etc.; it should provide from 100 to 120 beds. The first floor accommodation should contain wards with food rooms and sanitary apartments and a couple of rooms for separating bad cases. The wards for the hospital should have good verandahs and the wall surrounding it should be higher as in future it should have ... feet higher, there is absolutely necessary for security.

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The plan of the prison would be working as follows:

### HOSPITAL

### YARD

### YARD

### DEBTORS

### YARD

When a new prison is built it will be well to adopt, as in many places, the type of building which has been introduced with so much success in Ceylon and elsewhere. Working at ...

Hey Kerry has hitherto had one Prison Establishment. It is recommended in the above minutes that a second Prison be built.

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I think quite as many things should be planned on the area. A projecting building in front of the central Hall would give ground floor space for offices and upper floors accommodation for debtors. I would build an infirmary separate from the present Hospital, as regards its dirty work then correction with the prison and its internal arrangement, it is impossible to imagine. The Hospital should be a building of several floors in an aired basement about 100/2 feet high, which may be used for clean bedding, stores, etc.; it should provide from 100 to 120 beds. The first floor accommodation should contain wards with food rooms and sanitary apartments and a couple of rooms for separating bad cases. The wards for the hospital should have good verandahs and the wall surrounding it should be higher as in future it should have ... feet higher, there is absolutely necessary for security. Page 379 The plan of the prison would be working as follows: ### HOSPITAL ### YARD ### YARD ### DEBTORS ### YARD When a new prison is built it will be well to adopt, as in many places, the type of building which has been introduced with so much success in Ceylon and elsewhere. Working at ... Hey Kerry has hitherto had one Prison Establishment. It is recommended in the above minutes that a second Prison be built. Page 740. 4/4
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should be plaud an the arca. A that

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Kall would give auth pround floor open for afficerste and authe first and decaud flans accommodation for debtor._ I would build an intues reparate from in He lower Chriese yard: Anything the present Loopital, as regards it duich

work then

Correction with the pirnoon and its internal

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the abur minutes that a second Prism Bruned!

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