Exhibit 23.1

                           CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP

             We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption
   "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus
   of Mallinckrodt Group Inc. for the registration of $250,000,000 of its Debt
   Securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report
   dated August 9, 1994, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
   and schedules of Mallinckrodt Group Inc. in its Annual Report on Form 10-K
   for the year ended June 30, 1994 filed with the Securities and Exchange
   Commission.


                            Ernst & Young LLP

   St. Louis, Missouri
   February 22, 1995