§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the proportion per head of the population of lunatics in Ireland for the years 1851, 1367 1881, and 1901; and will he say what is the relative proportion of males to females for the latter year, and in what respect, if any, this differs from the Returns of the same date in Great Britain.
§ MR. BIRRELLIn 1851, one out of every 1,291 persons in Ireland was recorded as a lunatic; in 1881, one out of 529; and in 1901, one out of 225. The proportion of male to female lunatics in Ireland in 1901 was 100 males to ninety-two females; in England, 100 males to 115 females; and in Scotland 100 males to 105 females.