§ Dr. SALTERasked the Home Secretary the number of prisoners at present accommodated at Pentonville prison; the approximate area of the prison yards not occupied by buildings of any sort; and the number of bodies which have been buried in the prison precincts during the last 25 years?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe number of prisoners at this prison is about 850; the approximate area of yards, etc., not occupied by buildings of any sort is 4½ acres; and the number of bodies buried in the prison precincts during the last 25 years is 48.