HC Deb 18 February 1920 vol 125 cc863-4
IV. Mr. LUNN

asked what was the death rate per 1,000 in British India from the years 1913 to 1919, inclusive?

Mr. FISHER

The death rate per 1,000 for the years 1913 to 1918 was as follows:

1913 … … … … 28.72
1914 … … … … 30.00
1915 … … … … 29.94
1916 … … … … 29.10
1917 … … … … 32.72
1918 … … … … 62.42

Figures for 1919 are not available.

The exceptionally high mortality in 1918 was due to a severe epidemic of influenza.