MR D. CRILLIN (Mayo, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he has any report to hand intimating that the epidemic of fever which has been prevailing in the Island of Inniskea has broken out on the mainland in the populous village of Glencastle, close to the town of Belmullet; and if any such report has reached him, would he state the dimensions of the latest outbreak?
§ *MR. GERALD BALFOURTwo cases of fever are reported to have occurred near Glencastle, and the necessary steps are being taken by the Medical Officers on the spot to prevent the spread of the disease.
§ MR. CRILLYasked whether the Local Government Board would pay for the extra nursing and medical staff which had been called for by the outbreak of fever?
§ *MR. GERALD BALFOURIt is the duty of the Guardians as the Sanitary authority, to deal with the outbreak in the first instance. If they are unwil- 26 ling or unable to do so, it would then be for the Local Government Board to intervene.
§ MR. CRILLYsaid that the right hon. Gentleman's answer would be read with interest in Ireland.
§ MR. CRILLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, what is the nature of the latest report as to the condition of the two trained nurses who have been suffering from fever in the Belmullet Hospital, as a consequence of attending the fever-stricken patients in the island of Inniskea?
§ *MR. GERALD BALFOURI am informed that the condition of one of these nurses continues favourable, and that the condition of the other is improving.