§ MR. HERBERT KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN (Kent, Faversham)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that nothing has yet been done to carry out the recommendation of the jury in the recent Barracouta case at Sheernes3 with respect to the hospital accommodation, and that, in case of accidents, the sufferers, if not military men, would still be sent to Chatham, although there has been, and is, ample 948 accommodation in the Military Hospital at Shoerness?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThe hon. Gentleman has already put to me a somewhat similar question, which I answered on the 15th April. As recently as the year 1888, the Admiralty extended the then existing accommodation for patients at Sheerness, and they are of opinion that the Naval Infirmary is sufficient to meet ordinary requirements. In regard to the statement that there is ample accommodation in the Military Hospital for naval as well as military patients, I can only repeat that the number of beds in the Hospital is considered to only suffice in the ordinary course for the requirements of the garrison; and, therefore, it would not be desirable to ask the Military Authorities to receive Naval patients except in cases of emergency.
§ MR. H. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSENIn consequence of the exceedingly unsatisfactory reply of the noble Lord, I will call attention to the subject when the Naval Estimates come on.