§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the recorded number of deaths and the estimated total number of deaths respectively from plague in India in each of the last ten years and in the whole period?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe recorded number of deaths from plague in India (including Native States) in each of the last ten years was:—
1901 … … … 287,027 1902 … … … 576,365 1903 … … … 883,076 1904 … … … 1,143,993 1905 … … … 1,069,140 1906 … … … 356,721 1907 … … … 1,315,892 1908 … … … 156,480 1909 … … … 178,808 1910 … … … 511,202 * Preliminary figures. For the ten years the total is 6,473,704. There is no estimate of plague deaths as distinct from the number of deaths recorded as due to plague. There is no reason to believe that there is much unreported plague mortality.