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suffer any injury. As a guide for the space which
is determined for each patient in the Prussian
military-hospitals, the following calculation is taken.
Length of the bedstead . . . 6 feet } = 9 feet.
For a passage at the foot . . 3 — }
Breadth of the bedstead . . . 2½ — } = 5 —
Space on both sides . . . . . 2½ — }
Height of the room . . . . 12 —
Which makes . . . . . . . 540 cubic feet.
As the cell cannot have this height without
great expense, and the prisoner requires more plain
space than a sick man, the following dimensions
may be taken as the most applicable:
Length . . . . 10 feet.
Breadth . . . . 6 —
Height . . . . 9 —
Making . . . . 540 cubic feet.
This kind I call the middling cells.
c) For the confinement of the prisoner for a
longer period, even for six years.
These cells ought to be so large that they
not only contain sufficient space not to endanger
the prisoner’s health, but also necessary room for
his work and for some exercise.
According to the experience gained in other
countries, the following dimensions seem to be the
most applicable, viz:
Length . . . . . . 13 feet.
Breadth . . . . . . 9 —
Height . . . . . . 10 —
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