HC Deb 21 May 1900 vol 83 cc743-4
MR. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with reference to the death of Eliza Clingan, an inmate of Belfast Lunatic Asylum, who in her lifetime was removed to the asylum from the Belfast workhouse, whether he is aware that the verdict of the coroner's jury found that she had died from phthisis, and deplored the curtailment of the open-air space at Purdysburn Asylum; whether, in view of the fact that the cases of death in England from phthisis have been reduced owing to the open-air treatment, and considering the finding of the jury, he will take into consideration the question as to the curtailment of the open-air space at Purdysburn Asylum, near Belfast.

MR. G. W. BALFQUR

I have not yet completed my inquiries in this matter; perhaps the hon. Member will repeat the question to-morrow.