GENERAL, RUSSELLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the great increase of enteric fever in India; whether the medical authorities can give any explanation for this increase; and whether the Government propose to take any stops for the better enforcement of sanitary regulations at the various stations where this complaint has recently been most prevalent?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONI have noticed with regret the increase of enteric fever in India, the causes of which are still very obscure. The Government of India have adopted various measures for improving the sanitation and water supply of cantonments, and the question as to the means of checking this disease is one which is constantly engaging their attention.