SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)To ask the Secretary of State for India whether there have recently been outbreaks of plague in Madras which have been traced to intending emigrants housed in the emigrant depots; and, if so, whether any steps have been taken to remove the emigrant depots to some suitable position outside the city in order to protect the residents in Madras.
1119 (Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) Two or three cases of plague occurred in villages near the emigration depots, but I am not aware that any case has been traced to the depots. The Madras Government may be relied on to take all needful precautions. The latest Returns of plague show that during the week ending the 10th June there was only one fatal case of plague in Madras city.