QGR5/192

Minute book of the Visiting Justices [third volume] [see also QGR 4/1-360]. Page 192 includes the following:

29 Feb & 7 March 1836

From: 1836 To: 1836

28 February: Cardale, George 58 male prisoners, 1 female prisoner. The Gaoler reports that there are two fresh cases of smallpox viz John Wright & Abraham Sale, both felons for trial, are removed to the Gaol Infirmary. David Stapletons case was very severe, but he is now convalescent. Four who have had the disease are perfectly recovered. Nine prisoners are suffering under other complaints, none dangerous. Mr Short just arrived here, reports another case of smallpox in Thomas Hankin, a felon, after vaccination, Mr Short also reports that John Wright must not take his trial at the next Assizes. 7 March : Thomas Charles Higgins & Charles Longuet Higgins 57 maleprisoners, 1 female prisoner. Four diseased of smallpox, two are nearly convalescent, the others still very unwell.

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Cardale, George,
Higgins, Thomas Charles,
Higgins, Charles Longuet,
Treganza,
Wright, John,
Sale, Abraham,
Hankin, Thomas,
Stapleton, David

BEDFORD, Bedford Gaol, House of Correction, gaol, justices of the peace, Assizes, magistrate, imprisonment, punishment, chaplains, gaoler, turnkey, surgeons, treadmills, crime, disease, vaccination, illness, smallpox, DEATH, epidemics