HC Deb 11 August 1904 vol 140 cc225-6
MR. SLOAN

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that at the meeting of the Newry Board of Guardians, three nuns from the convent in Wexford were appointed as nurses to Newry Workhouse; if he can say where these nurses were trained, and what is their qualification; and why these appointments were given to members of a religious order. (Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) Three nuns, who were employed in the workhouse infirmary, have recently resigned, and the guardians have elected three other nuns in their places. The latter have had several years experience as nurses in union infirmaries, including that at Wexford. Protestant patients at Newry are in charge of a Protestant nurse.