§ MR. C. P. SCOTT (Lancashire, Leigh)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the spread of cholera in the famine districts of India he can state what is the present supply of trained nurses and doctors; and whether he will take stops, in view of the conditions which have arisen, to assist the Government of India to obtain an increased supply.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON, Middlesex, Haling)I cannot state the precise number of doctors and nurses in the famine districts. During the past three years many doctors and nurses have been sent out for temporary work in India in addition to the large permanent medical and hospital establishments of the Indian Government. The Government of India are aware that any demand for additional help of this kind is promptly complied with.