HC Deb 20 February 1893 vol 8 cc1873-4
MR. GERALD BALFOUR (Leeds, Central)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether it is the fact that the outbreak of cholera, so fatal to Europeans, which occurred at Murree last autumn, was due to culpable negligence on the part of the Indian Government in ordering native troops, known to be infected with cholera, to proceed, without proper organisation or any sanitary precautions, to Kashmir viâ Murree, in disregard to the protests of the Local Authorities; and whether he will lay upon the Table of the House Copies of the Telegrams, Letters, and Reports from the Civil and Military Authorities at Murree and Rawalpindi, commencing in April, 1892, in reference to the passage of troops viâ Murree, together with Copies of the Reports of the General Commanding and the Civil Commissioner upon the outbreak of cholera, and copies of the subsequent Correspondence relating thereto?

SIR E. GREY

The Government of India are inquiring into the subject. They have not completed their inquiry, but have promised to supply the required information as soon as possible. When their Report is received the Secretary of State will be glad to reply to the hon. Member's question as to Papers to be laid on the Table.