§ Mr. O'GRADYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any special steps are being taken to deal with the prevalence of malaria in Bombay; and, if so, will he state what they are?
§ Mr. HAROLD BAKERThe report submitted by Dr. Bentley, the officer appointed by the Bombay Government to investigate the causes of malaria in Bombay, has been accepted by the Bombay Municipal Corporation, and effect will be given by it to the measures proposed by him for exterminating the malarial mosquito. To this end the health establishment of the city will be strengthened and powers taken by amendment of the Municipal Act to deal with private wells in the interior of houses and with other like breeding grounds of the mosquito.