§ MR. M'CARTANI 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 asylam 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 Purdyshurn Asylum, near Belfast.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURIt appears that the woman referred to was transferred on the 5th January, 1892, from the Belfast workhouse to the lunatic asylum at Purdysburn. The verdict of the coroner's jury is correctly stated. I understand that a small portion of the grounds of this asylum has been set aside for the purpose of an infectious disease hospital, but the matter has not come before me officially.