| Evidence: | The infirmary: 'Some of the men were in bed and sitting up reading, and others were lying down, looking very ill.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Millbank Prison other location: in the infirmary |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reading Group: | prisoners in the infirmary at Millbank |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | prisoner |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) prison library |
| Record ID: | 12422 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Criminal Prisons of London | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1862 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 264 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London (London, 1862), p. 264, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12422, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)