§ Mr. MORRELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of deaths due to plague that have occurred in the United Provinces in each year since 1902, with the percentage to the population in each case, the annual number of inoculations against plague, and the annual expenditure on measures for the relief of plague?
§ Mr. MONTAGUsubmitted the following figures:—
Year. Plague deaths. Percentage of the population. Number of inoculations. *Expenditure £ 1903 84,499 .177 964 13,117 1904 179,082 .375 3,258 5,283 1905 383,802 .805 6,411 7,787 1906 69,660 .146 1,846 5,245 1907 328,862 .690 34,169 22,533 1908 22,878 .048 133,666 32,163 1909 38,394 .080 97,899 8,216 1910 158,057 .335 71,033 7,000 (approximate) * Includes expenditure from general revenues, but does not include expenditure incurred by local and municipal bodies from local and municipal funds. The figures given in this column are for the financial year ending 31st March of the year following that to which the corresponding figures in the other columns relate.