§ SIR T. ESMONDE (Dublin Co., S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that an infectious disease has been imported into Clonmel by bringing persons suffering from fever from Tullamore Gaol to Clonmel Gaol; and, if so, what steps do the authorities propose to take in the matter?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe General Prisons Board report that only three cases of typhoid fever have occurred among the prisoners transferred from Tullamore to Clonmel Prison, and that two of these are now convalescent. Strict precautions were taken in the isolation of these cases, and the Board are not aware of any instance of communication of the disease either in the prison or in the town.