§ SIR W. J. COLLINS (St. Pancras, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many local sanitary authorities in Ireland have adopted The Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890; and what proportion of the population such sanitary authorities represent.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) 174 local sanitary authorities in Ireland, representing 62.6 of the population, have adopted the Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890.