CO129-211 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [8-9] — Page 399

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My work has been greatly augmented by the large increase in the number of Government Servants drawing salaries less than £400 who are entitled to medical attendance gratis. Not only has there been an increase in the number but the proportion of married men with families requiring my services is greatly increased as well.

The changes made in prison discipline, the increase in the number of prisoners, and the difference of race and character of those confined make up a great deal more of my duties than it did of my predecessors. Formerly, each prisoner was brought before the Surgeon, but on account of the solitary cell, he has to visit them in their cells before they are sent to the Gaol Hospital.

Again, the prisoners in the Hospital were not only fewer in number but they consisted chiefly of...

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393 My work has been greatly augmented by the large increase in the number of Government Servants drawing salaries less than £400 who are entitled to medical attendance gratis. Not only has there been an increase in the number but the proportion of married men with families requiring my services is greatly increased as well. The changes made in prison discipline, the increase in the number of prisoners, and the difference of race and character of those confined make up a great deal more of my duties than it did of my predecessors. Formerly, each prisoner was brought before the Surgeon, but on account of the solitary cell, he has to visit them in their cells before they are sent to the Gaol Hospital. Again, the prisoners in the Hospital were not only fewer in number but they consisted chiefly of...
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