§ COLONEL NOLANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If the Local Government Board have in their possession any model or plan of a temporary or portable hospital, such as they would recommend for use in the event of an outbrak of cholera; if he will state the time it would take to manufacture such an hospital; and, if, in the case of a violent outbreak of small pox in Athenry, about seven years ago, some delay was experienced in the erection of such a hospital?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe Local Government Board have a plan for a portable iron hospital which can be put up in a very short time, and which has been prepared by a London firm which supplies such buildings. The Local Government Board have also a plan for a temporary wooden hospital which can be erected quickly, though not so quickly as an iron hospital. I have impressed on the Board the desirability of circulating these plans without waiting until the local authorities ask for them. The time in which an an hospital can be obtained and put up depends upon whether or not they are kept in stock, and the Board are making inquiry on this point. The difficulty in Athenry, to which the hon. and gallant Members refers, was caused by the fear of infection on the part of tradesmen.