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[page 413] Q. Then the rest of the patients had less attendants, of course? A. No, they had a man Q. You mean they would bring in an extra man? A. Yes, sir. Q. Employ and outside man? A. Yes, sir, or take one of the attendants, if the patients was a very bad man, and put another man in the attendants place. Q. That is, they used to employ extra help? A. Yes, sir. Q. When men were sick? A. Yes, sir. Q. And that is the only difference you noticed between the two hospitals, as to attendants? A. It was Q. Have you any idea how many of these extra men, on an average, would be employed at a given time? Suppose today, for instance, you went into the hospital, how many extra men should you expect to find employed, if this was an average day? One man in the whole of half a dozen? A. Some times there would be 3 or 4 at that hospital in Taunton. Q. Some times not any? A. Very seldom when there was not any. Q. Generally about 3 or 4? A. Yes, sir. Q. 3 or 4 would be about the maximum? A. Yes, sir