HC Deb 20 June 1916 vol 83 c38W
Mr. GINNELL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether any doctor but the military doctor has been allowed to inspect the sanitary conditions in which prisoners have been kept at Arbour Hill, Dublin, the number of men confined to one room, the defective ventilation, the vermin and filth, the absence of beds, and the compelling of certain Galway men arriving; in wet clothes to sleep in these; and whether he can name any independent doctor who recorded his approval of these conditions?

Mr. TENNANT

The prisoners at Arbour Hill, Dublin, are under the care of the military doctor. The sanitary conditions of the prison are in charge of the sanitary officers. These two officials give close attention to the needs of the prisoners, and there is no ground for the imputation of want of care.