§ MR. HEALYwished to know whether the Solicitor General for Ireland could now give any information respecting the outbreak of fever in Clonmel Gaol, and whether it had spread through the cells?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. PORTER), in reply, said, he had not all the information on the subject; but he could state that the recent case of fever was a mild one, and the patient had been removed to the fever hospital, out of the prison altogether. An inspection of the prison had been made by competent sanitary authorities, and the cause of the disease had been traced to an obstruction in one of the closets, which was situated in a part of the gaol remote from the place where the prisoners were now confined. Arrangements had been made to prevent any danger arising to the prisoners.
§ MR. HEALYinquired whether the warders had not caught the infection, and whether, under all the circumstances of the case, the "suspects" are to be detained there?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. PORTER)said, there was no case of fever in the prison at present. There had been only three cases, one a "suspect," another an ordinary prisoner, and the third a warder.
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. PORTER)The last case was on the 29th of March, and the patient had been removed to the fever hospital outside the gaol. The report of the Sanitary Inspector was that there was no danger to those inside the prison.