MR. SULLIVANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If it is the fact that there is no dispensary doctor resident in the Glengariff Dispensary District which comprises an area of 200 square miles; whether the medical officer's residence is not three miles from the nearest point and more than twelve miles from other points of the district; if he would state what is the population of the district and the number of dispensaries in it; and, how often in the week is any medical officer required to attend at the Glengariff Dispensary?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERSir, the Glengariff Dispensary District comprises an area of 91 square miles. The population is 5,187. There are three dispensaries, at each of which the doctor is required to attend once a week. He was unable, I understand, to find a suitable residence in his district, and was therefore allowed to live at Bantry, which is situate, as regards the Glengariff district, at the distance indicated by the hon. and learned Gentleman. The understanding, however, was that he should obtain a house within his district as soon as an opportunity arose. I see the hon. and learned Gentleman has another Question on the Paper to me, if I have received any further information as to the extent of delay in holding an inquest recently held on the body of James Swanton, at Glengariff, and as to the cause of that delay. I may say that I have telegraphed for information, but I have not received any answer as yet.
MR. SULLIVANSir, I beg to give Notice that I shall call attention to the 1850 circumstances of that dispensary on the Estimates for the Irish Poor Law Board.