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Duties of surgeon regarding sick prisoners. 7 Geo. 4. c.74.
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53. In addition to the duties imposed upon the surgeon of a prison by the seventy-second section of the Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1826, it shall be the duty of the surgeon to see every prisoner in the course of every week, and daily visit the sick prisoners and the prisoners, if any, confined in punishment cells.
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He shall enter day by day, in his journal to be kept in the prison, an account of the state of every sick prisoner, the name of his disease, a description of the medicines and diet, and any other treatment which he may order for such prisoner.
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He shall once at least in every three months, inspect every part of the prison, and enter in his journal the result of each inspection, recording therein any observations he may think fit to make on any want of cleanliness drainage warmth or ventilation, any bad quality of the provisions, any insufficiency of clothing or bedding, any insufficiency in the quantity or defect in the quality of the water, or any cause which may affect the health of the prisoners.
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Whenever he has reason to believe that the mind of a prisoner is or is likely to be injuriously affected by the discipline or treatment, he shall report the case in writing to the gaoler, together with such directions as he may think proper, and he shall call the attention of the chaplain to any prisoner who appears to require his special notice.
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He may, in any case of danger or difficulty, which appears to him to require it, call in additional medical assistance, and no serious operation shall be performed without previous consultation being held with another medical practitioner, except under circumstances not admitting of delay, such circumstances to be recorded in his journal.
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He shall, forthwith on the death of any prisoner, enter in his journal the following particulars, videlicet, at what time the deceased was taken ill; when the illness was first communicated to the surgeon; the nature of the disease; when the prisoner died; and an account of the appearances after death; together with any special remarks that appear to him requisite.
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