§ MR. CHAPLIN (Lincolnshire, Sleaford)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether two more deaths from arsenical beer poisoning occurred in Crumpsall workhouse hospital quite recently.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. WALTER LONG,) Bristol, S.Two deaths from 312 arsenical poisoning occurred in the Crumpsall workhouse infirmary last week, and inquests were held on them on Friday. The cases were admitted to the infirmary on the 4th of December and the 18th of January respectively, but the medical officer of the infirmary reports that in each case the illness had been of several months duration.
§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)Have any cases of poisoning been traced to the consumption of Irish beer?
§ [No answer was returned.]