When he
saw the squalid conditions there, he advocated hygenic practices.
In 1774, Justices of the Peace were authorized to order walls and
ceilings of gaols to be scraped and washed, ventilators for
supplies of fresh air, a separate room for the sick prisoners,
commodious bathing tubs, provision of clothes for prisoners,
keeping of prisoners not below the ground, and apothecaries at a
stated salary to attend and to report the state of health of
prisoners.
In 1773, clergymen were employed in gaols to alleviate the
distress of prisoners and to contribute to morality and religion.
Also, no longer may any fees be taken by gaol keepers or sheriffs
because persons not indicted or found not guilty have been kept in
prison pending payment of such fees. Instead, the counties shall
pay to gaol keepers up to 13s.4d. per prisoner so discharged.
There was much Gaol Distemper fever with fatal consequences, so in
1774, Justices of the Peace were authorized to order walls and
ceilings of gaols to be scraped and washed, ventilators for
supplies of fresh air, a separate room for the sick prisoners,
commodious bathing tubs, provision of clothes for prisoners,
keeping of prisoners not below the ground, and apothecaries at a
stated salary to attend and to report the state of health of
prisoners.
Colonials acts which infringed upon the English common or
statutory law, or were against the interests of other American
colonies were submitted to the Privy Council, which allowed or
disallowed them.
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