§ MR. BLANE (Armagh, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether Dr. Clibborn, Inspector of the Local Government Board, recently visited Armagh on official duty in connection with sanitary inspection; whether he is aware that he took the statement of the number and condition of the houses from Dr. Gray, who only gave him a rough estimate; what was the nature of Dr. Clibborn's Report; and how many houses in the city were reported as unfit for human habitation?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.It is the case that Dr. Clibborn, one of the Medical Inspectors of the Local Government Board, visited Armagh on the 9th February and reported on the sanitary condition of the town. Dr. Clibborn did not take the statement in the matter from Dr. Gray. He personally visited the houses, Dr. Gray accompanying him. Dr. Clibborn reported that he found a large number of houses without yards, or with insufficient yards, and some without back doors. In other cases ashpits, &c. were in an unsanitary state. Five houses were stated to be unfit for habitation. The Town Commissioners are now having them placed in repair.