§ DR. TANNERI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is true that typhoid fever has broken out among the prisoners in Clonmel Gaol; and, if so, how many are at present affected; and whether the disease occurred in connection with the transference of prisoners from Tullamore to Clonmel, and in what portion of the prison have these cases of fever been treated, by what medical advice these prisoners were transferred, and for what reason was Clonmel selected?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe General Prisons Board report that there are three cases of typhoid fever in Clonmel Prison. They are prisoners who had been transferred from Tullamore. The cases have been treated in the prison hospital, which from the time of the recent transfers from Tullamore has been set apart exclusively for any such case. The transfers were made on the recommendation of the Prisons Board, including its medical member. Clonmel Prison was selected on the ground of convenience and general suitability, possessing a separate prison block not at the time in use where the transferred prisoners could be kept isolated from the rest.
§ DR. TANNERIs it not the fact that the prison is situated in the midst of the town of Clonmel, with a thick population just outside the prison walls, and that typhoid fever has been brought there in consequence of the introduction of prisoners from Tullamore?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have no information.
§ DR. TANNERThen I will put the question again.