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and indeed of the roof supports, and floor, never rested on a solid foundation. They stand on, or in, the earth. They are rapidly decaying at the lower end and more or less giving way - thus allowing the whole structure, floor, sides, roof - &c to give way, and be in a degree misplaced. These supports should be rendered permanent, and secure at once.
4th The floor is very uneven, owing to the settling of portions of it. It is rough - very open - and entirely unfit for use as the floor of a ward for the insane. Such a ward for special, obvious, reasons should be water tight to prevent the water used in scrubbing from seeping through, and rendering the subsoil infirm, and a producer of disease.
5th The soil should be carefully removed from beneath the entire ward to such a depth as it has been rendered impure - and its place supplied with fresh earth - or left open as an assistant to proper ventilation. In the last case additional side supports for the building will be a necessity. 
6th The siding of many portions of the building should be repaired, and rendered more secure, especially of the cell.
7th If to be occupied for any considerable period of time, the yard for air and exercise should be enlarged so as to surround a larger portion of the ward, or the entire ward.
8th The windows or openings for ventilation in wards, and of the cells especially, should be made larger and more