§ Mr. DEVLINasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention had been called to the inconvenience caused to the poor in the Ballinderry portion of the Glenavy dispensary district by the fixing of the new dispensary at the village of Glenavy, which is on the border of the Crumlin dispensary district, thus practically depriving the poor of the Ballinderry district of medical relief; and whether he would have inquiries made, 990W with a view to the dispensary being fixed in a place where the people of Ballinderry district may be able to reach it without unnecessary inconvenience?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe proposal in this case is to provide a residence for the medical officer of the Glenavy Dispensary District. There already exists a dispensary depot at Ballinderry, which it is not intended to disturb. The medical officer has hitherto resided at Glenavy, but the guardians provisionally selected three sites for a residence, one at Glenavy and two at Ballinderry, in the Ballyscolly Electoral Division. The medical inspector to the Local Government Board visited the district in March last and reported on the sites. The Board communicated with the guardians, and expressed their opinion that the site at Glenavy was the most convenient and suitable, and should consequently be adopted. The guardians, having considered this letter and memorials in favour of the several sites, decided on the 4th ultimo to acquire the site at Glenavy.