§ 82. Sir JOHN LONSDALEasked the Chief Secretary if his attention has been directed to the fact that the medical officer at Dundalk has refused to recommend to the board of guardians that a patient suffering from tuberculosis be sent to the Peamount Sanatorium under the provisions of the National Insurance Act, because under present arrangements it was proposed to crowd eighty patients into a space sufficient only for twenty; and what steps he proposes to take to prevent such overcrowding?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe buildings in course of construction at Peamount were carefully examined last week by one of the Local Government Board's inspectors. His report shows that the statement made in the question is absolutely without foundation. The person who made the statement at Dundalk, having been asked on what authority it was made, replied that it was based on something he had seen in a newspaper. All the arrangements at Peamount have been planned and are being carried out in accordance with the most up-to-date and approved methods of sanatorium treatment. The sanction of the Local Government Board will continue to be required to the various forms of equipment.