HC Deb 31 October 1911 vol 30 c690
Mr. KEIR HARDIE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he could give any inforation concerning the progress of the plague in India, including the number of fatal cases during the past three months?

Mr. MONTAGU

The mortality from plague during the last three months in British India and Native States has been as follows: In July, 8,987 deaths; August, 14,191; September, 28,618. There is very little plague in Northern India, only thirteen deaths from it being recorded in the Punjab during September; but a severe epidemic has broken out in the-Bombay Presidency, where 20,470 of the total number of deaths in September occurred. Madras and Mysore are also affected, though in a slighter degree.