§ MR. W. J. CORBETasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If his attention has been directed to a letter in the "Freeman's Journal" of the 6th March, from which it appears that a wake was allowed to be held for two days and nights on the body of a man named Bartholomew Roe, who died in Saint Andrew's parish, Dublin, of a fever of a very malignant type, leaving a widow and eight young children; that the widow was struck down, and died in a few days; that some of the children have taken the disease, and are now inmates of Cork Street Fever Hospital; and, whether he will cause inquiry to be made, with a view to preventing similar occurrences in future?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, my attention has been drawn to this case, and I have made inquiry on the subject. The facts are substantially as stated. The dispensary medical doctor, who, I am informed, is a newly appointed and inexperienced officer, cautioned the people against the holding of a wake. Further inquiry as to his action in the matter is being made. Active stops have been taken by the local sanitary authority to prevent any further spread of the disease.
§ MR. W. J. CORBETasked, whether four other cases of fever had not arisen from this wake, in one of which the person had died?
§ [No reply.]