After the operation of taking the new arrival’s finger‐imprints is
completed, and instructions are given as to prison discipline, etc., the
incoming prisoner is sent to the medical department, where he is given a
thorough physical examination, and if he is affected with any disease it
is noted in a book kept expressly for that purpose. If he needs medical
attention he is told to come up to the “sick‐call” in the forenoon at nine
o’clock. All ailing prisoners can attend this call each morning.