HC Deb 22 December 1919 vol 123 cc1063-4W
Mr. SWAN

asked the Secretary of State for India if he can state the number of deaths which have occurred in India during the last year as a result of famine and epidemic diseases?

Mr. MONTAGU

I give below the figures showing the number of reported deaths in British India under each principal head in 1918:

From Cholera 560,802
From Small-pox 93,076
From Plague 440,752
From Fever 11,134,441
From Dysentery and Diarrhoea 276,648
From Respiratory Diseases 430,935
From Injuries 98,969
From all other causes 1,861,178
14,895,801

No deaths are reported as being due to famine. As there is no separate head for "influenza" in the. Indian mortality returns, deaths from that cause must have been recorded under one or other of the prescribed heads.