§ Mr. GROVESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the reason why, after the official Reports for every year from 1884 until 1918 have stated the ratio of vaccinations performed out of every 100 estimated births, this information is no longer obtainable; whether the officials who compiled the figures for the years 1884 to 1918 have been supplied by local officers with the same information in regard to vaccinations performed and estimated births for the years 1919 to 1924 as they received during the years 1884 to 1918; and, if so, whether he will obtain from the responsible officials statistics showing the ratio of vaccinations performed for each year from 1919 onwards out of every 100 estimated births?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe ratio was obtained from the "Statistics of British India," published by the Government of India. This publication has been discontinued, the latest figures published in it being those for 1919–20. My Noble Friend does not know whether the statistical officers of the Government of India still receive figures from which the ratio could be calculated; but, so far as he is aware, no publication containing this ratio is now issued. With reference to the last part of the question he regrets that he does not feel prepared to call for statistical returns in regard to transferred subjects.