§ MR. MICHAEL M'CARTANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state at what date the Local Government Board directed the Belfast Board of Guardians to give notice to the City Coroner of the death of any inmate; also the number of male and female (paid) nurses respectively in the workhouse on that date and the number of same employed there now?
MR. JOHN MORLEYThe directions referred to in the Question were issued to the Guardians on the 11th December 1893. The number of paid nurses employed in the Belfast Workhouse on that date was 43 and at present the number is 72.