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MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. XIX. 

 Prisons. 



Monday, 

 Wednesday, 



and 

 Friday. 



Saturday. 



Tuesday 



and 

 Thursday. 



r Gruel, 1 pint (2 ounces meal or rolong and 1 ounce 



) sugar). 



y Cofiee, 1 pint. 



vA little pepper and salt. 



r Curry-stuff is added to the soup to form muUigatanni, 



•\ and 8 ounces of rice are substituted for potatoes. 



C In other respects as above. 



f Cooked meat (bake), 7 ounces. 



I Bread. ") 



Potatoes. j 



<( Suet Pudding. 

 I Gruel. 



I Coffee- I 



LSalt, &c. J 



In all respects as above, excep bi-ead 22 ounces. 



As above. 



Sunday 



Probationers are not allowed pudding. For tlie sick tlie doctor 

 may prescribe special hospital diet. 



For breaches of prison discipline convicts are liable to 

 restrictions in diet. Bread and vs^ater or half rations may be 

 awarded as a punishment,, the former for a period not exceeding 

 3 days for any one ofFence^ and the latter for a period not exceed- 

 ing 7 days. The delinquent is subject to labour of the lightest 

 description while on bread and water^ and to that of medium 

 severity while on half rations. 



—dress. On admission each prisoner is supplied with a small kit, 



marked with his register number^ consisting of 1 cap, 1 coat, 



1 waistcoat, and 2 trousers of ordinary infantry blue grey cloth, 



2 blue serge and 3 cotton check shirts, 2 flannel banians, 2 pairs 

 of drawers, 3 pairs of socks, 2 handkerchiefs, 1 pair of boots and a 

 pair of slippers, 1 comb and 4 towels. He is also allowed a coir 

 mattress and 2 pillows, 4 sheets and 4 pillow slips, 2 blankets and 

 a coverlet or cotton rug. During one month of his sentence and 

 when undergoing punishment for breaches of prison discipline, a 

 convict is deprived of his mattress and is required to sleep on a 

 plank bed. 



—health. Favoured by a salubrious climate, the health of the convicts has 



been remarkably good. Only two deaths have occurred since 

 the opening of the jail, and in both cases heart disease was the 

 immediate cause. The first was that of a convict who had under- 

 gone seven years of his sentence of imprisonment, and was at the 

 time suffering also from pneumonia. The second was that of a 

 military man who had had heart disease previous to admission, 

 and succumbed to it in about a month after entmnce. The 

 more prevalent ailments are stomach affections and colds. 

 There have been no epidemics. Ithasbeeu found that convicts 

 have generally gained weight during their imprisonment. 



