§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to an inquest held to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Michael Healy, an inmate of the Youghal Auxiliary Asylum, which took place on the 12th inst.; and whether, in view of the fact that the jury in their verdict urged a separate hospital for inmates suffering from infectious disease, and that the frequency of deaths from consumption and contagious disease is caused by the absence of isolation of such patients from other 1134 inmates, it is still intended to retain such cases in the auxiliary asylum.
§ MR. WALTER LONGIt is the fact that the jury made a recommendation to the effect stated. The patient died of consumption, a disease which has only in recent years been recognised to be of an infectious nature. I am informed that, so far, a few of the largest asylums only have attempted to isolate such cases, but doubtless, as experience is gained, the question will receive further consideration.