§ MR. MEAGHERTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the number of patients treated in the Kilkenny District Lunatic Asylum for the year 1897, and the total cost for the same, including maintenance and establishment charges, showing how much was raised by local rates and how much received from Government grants, and the average weekly cost per head in that year, and the details of the same information for the year 1905.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) In the calendar Year 1897 the average number of patients in this asylum was 388: the total cost, including maintenance and establishment charges, was £9,127, of which £4,400 was raised by local rates and £3,212 received from Government grants; and the net average weekly cost per patient was 7s. 6d. The corresponding figures for the financial year ending 31st March, 1905, were, average number of patients, 452; total cost, £12,997; raised by local rates, £7,876; received from Government grants, £4,552; net average weekly cost, 8s. l0d.