§ SIR W. J. COLLINS (St. Pancras, W.)To ask the Secretary of State for India what have been the total number of deaths and the death rates per million living from snake poisoning in India for each year for the last thirty years; and what measures, curative or preventive, are provided or encouraged by the Government of India with a view to reduce the mortality from snake venom.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) The reported number of deaths and the death rate from snake bite in India during each of the last thirty years are as follows—
§ but experience has shown that this measure is not likely to have any appreciable effect on the mortality from snake bite, and the total amounts so paid are 343 small. The medical officers employed at the research laboratories in India are engaged in investigating and testing the anti-venomous sera or other curative agents which have been suggested, and a system of treatment of affected persons by permanganate of potash, suggested by Sir Lauder Brunton, is being tried in some provinces.