§ MR. FFRENCH (Wexford, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant whether he is aware that during the last thirty years the death rate from consumption in Ireland, per 10,000 of the population, has arisen from nineteen to twenty-two, whilst in England it has fallen from twenty-four to twelve; and whether to prevent the number of deaths from this disease in Ireland, about 13,000 annually, the Government contemplate providing, as in England, sanatoriums for the treatment of mild cases and isolation hospitals for incurables.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I beg to refer to the reply which I gave in the House to-day to a similar Question put by the hon. Member for West Cavan, when I stated the measures which are being taken to check the spread of consumption in Ireland. I think the hon. Member is under a misapprehension in thinking that the Government have provided in England institutions of the kind mentioned.