Campaigners have called for a Garda investigation into why the religious
order which ran Bessborough Mother and Baby Home reported significantly
higher numbers of infant deaths to state inspectors than it recorded
privately.
An Irish Examiner investigation found between March 31, 1939, and December 5, 1944, Department of Local Government and public health inspector Alice Litster had been informed 353 infant deaths occurred at the Cork-based institution. The figures are contained in a inspection report from 1944 obtained by this newspaper.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/garda-probe-of-baby-deaths-discrepancy-in-bessborough-sought-364211.html
An Irish Examiner investigation found between March 31, 1939, and December 5, 1944, Department of Local Government and public health inspector Alice Litster had been informed 353 infant deaths occurred at the Cork-based institution. The figures are contained in a inspection report from 1944 obtained by this newspaper.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/garda-probe-of-baby-deaths-discrepancy-in-bessborough-sought-364211.html