§ 1. Mr. SCURRasked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many women's hospitals exist in British India both for maternity and general cases?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe total number of female hospitals and dispensaries in British India recorded in the official reports for 1925 was 173, with 4,249 beds available; the number of beds available for women in general hospitals was 11,260.
§ 2. Mr. SCURRasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any information is available as to the provision of public hospital accommodation in British India in relation to the needs of the population?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe latest information available relates to the year 1925. The total number of State-public, local fund and private-aided hospitals and dispensaries in British India in that year was 3,972 and the number of beds available, 45,049; the number of indoor and outdoor patients treated was 738,570 and 40,472,780, respectively.