§ MR. MELDONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, What arrangements have been made in connection with gratuitous supply of vaccine lymph in Ireland; and if medical men in Ireland have the same facilities afforded to them for obtaining vaccine lymph gratuitously as medical men in England; and, what is the reason the details of the sum of £1,200, set down in the Estimates for expenses in connection with the gratuitous supply of vaccine lymph, are not given?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHA grant of £400 a-year has been for some time made to the Dublin Cow Pock Institution to enable it to provide a supply of vaccine lymph for Ireland. The hon. Member called attention last year to the inadequacy of this grant for the provision of a fair supply of lymph. The subject was inquired into, and with the full approval of the Directors of the institution mentioned, it was decided that the grant to them should be discontinued, the whole subject put under the control of the Irish Local Government Board, and a sufficient sum placed at the disposal of the Board to provide a gratuitous supply of lymph for Ireland in the same way as is done for England. This new arrangement comes into force on the 1st of April next; the sum provided for this purpose is £1,200 a-year; but as the precise details of its application are not yet settled, they could not be given in the Estimate.