Second report of the Surveyor-General of Prisons.

  • Great Britain. Surveyor-General of Prisons.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Second report of the Surveyor-General of Prisons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page Difficulty of comparing Pentonville and the ordinary Prisons in this country .......... 108 Comparison of the Mortality of Coldbath Fields Prison and the Population at large .......... ib. Comparison of the Mortality of Pentonville Prison with the Population at large .......... 109 Difficulty of coming to any precise conclusion . . . . . ib. Objects of Inquiry ......... 110 Inequality of Punishment where Health is affected by Imprisonment . ib. Mortality diminished one-half by the recent Improvements , . . ib. Advantage of perfecting the system of Separate Confinement with a view to its general application . . . . . . .Ill Comparison of the Mortality at Pentonville, Milbank, and the Eastern Penitentiary at Philadelphia . . . . . . ib. Experiment on Separate Confinement at Pentonville not to be relied on as regards its effects on health . . . . . . .113 Statistics referring to the period to which Separate Confinement can be safely extended, and showing the increase of Mortality with increase of period . . . . . . . . . .114 Prevalence of Consumption and Scrofula in Prisons .... ib. Opinions of Medical Officers on the subject . . . . .115 Effect on the General Health of the Prisoners . . . . . ib. Causes of Mortality from Consumption in Prisons . . . .116 Measures recommended for ameliorating the causes which produce Con¬ sumption . . . . . . . . . .119 Diet and Extra Diet . . . . . . . . .120 Statistical Tables 1, 2, 3, of the Mortality of some of the principal Prisons in England . . . . . . . . .122 Tables 4 and 5—Comparative Mortality of Pentonville and the Eastern Penitentiary at Philadelphia ....... 134 Table 6—Mortality of the Military Prisons in Great Britain . .133 Tables *7 to 21—Mortality, Pardons, &c. at Pentonville, the Eastern Penitentiary, Milbank, in (he Army, &c. .... 136-144 Medic il Certificate given at Milbank ..... 145 APPENDIX I. Opinions respecting the Ventilation of the Cells at Pentonville . . 145 APPENDIX K. Extracts from Letters referring to the advantages of enforcing Hard Labour on certain Prisoners ........ 149 APPENDIX L.’ Estimate of the Staff required for the Management of 400 Prisoners in Separate Confinement ........ 150 APPENDIX M. Memorandum concerning the Expense of maintaining lOOO Prisoners in Separate Confinement ........ 151