QGR2/4/7

Medical Report of the Medical Officer of the Prison, Robert Couchman, to Michaelmas Quarter Sessions. Includes the following:

16 October 1866

From: 1866 To: 1866

With few exceptions the prisoners have enjoyed very good health. Ordinary cases of illness - chronic rheumatic afflictions, influenza, bronchitis and diarrhoea. Diet has always been on good quality. Clothing & bedding sufficiently warm. Henry Wilson, a Middlsex Convict, admitted to prison 18 November last was attacked with Ascites in December; he was soon placed in the Infirmary and died after a short illness in January. David Williams, another Middlesex Convict received on the same day, was under treatment in the infirmary between two and three months, with an affliction of the brain and spinal cord. he was for some time much emaciated, but eventually recovered, and has for several months been in perfect health. John Roberts, a County prisoner, received in March 1864 was attacked with a severe cough and pulmonary disorder in December 1865 - he was under treatment in the Infirmary till March 1866, and was discharged from prison in a very much improved condition. William Tooley, another County prisoner admitted in November 1865 was soon afterwards attacked with a severe form of bronchitis. He was kept in the Infirmary until the beginning of May, and has since that time been in tolerable health, and able to undergo the ordinary discipline of the prison.

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Couchman, Robert,
Wilson, Henry,
Williams, David,
Roberts, John,
Tooley, William

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