HC Deb 05 July 1883 vol 281 c474
MR. O'DONNELL

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether he has heard that cholera in a severe form is reported by the editor of the Madras "Hindu" to have broken out in Salem; that the collector remains at a distance in a mountain sanatarium; and that the Native municipality has been dissolved since the late riots; and, if he can state what authorities are responsible for the care of public health in Salem?

MR. J. K. CROSS

Sir, I have not seen the Madras Hindu. The last health Returns received, dated the 23rd of May, do not state that cholera existed at Salem, nor have we been informed that the Municipality has been dissolved. The magistrate, or, if he is absent, his locum tenens, is responsible for the public health.

MR. O'DONNELL

having risen to make a statement,

MR. SPEAKER

said, the hon. Member was entitled only to put a Question arising out of the answer.