§ Mr. KEIR HARDIEasked the Undersecretary of State for India whether he can state the mortality from plague in India during the months of May and June, respectively, together with the total number of deaths from this cause during the current year, giving the figures for each province separately?
§ Mr. MONTAGUsupplied the following particulars of the plague mortality in British India and Native States:—
Province or State. May 1911. June, 1911. Jan.-June, 1911. Bombay 3,474 1,463 32,541 Madras 84 185 3,856 Bengal 2,944 364 68,878 United Provinces 25,314 893 309,950 Punjab 48,292 16,909 179,053 North - West Frontier Province 88 12 242 Burma 575 651 4,806 Central Provinces 96 4 18,405 Eastern Bengal and Assam — — 10 Coorg — — 3 Mysore State 230 387 3,337 Hyderabad State 8 — 2,773 Central India 33 3 7,954 Rajputana and Ajmere-Merwara 1,672 389 17,794 Kashmir 456 193 1,086 Baluchistan — — 2 Total, India 83,266 21,453 650,690 NOTE.— The figures are subject to correction.