§ Mr. GROVESasked the Secretary of State for India whether isolation of small-pox cases is compulsory in any part of India; to what extent hospital accommodation is publicly provided for the treatment of small-pox in British India; and how many cases have been treated in such hospitals during the past five years?
§ Sir S. HOAREThe matter is one which falls within the responsibility of the provincial authorities in India, and my information on the subject is not complete. The treatment of small-pox cases in isolation hospitals in India is rare, and so far as I know is nowhere compulsory. The number of small-pox patients so treated in British India during the years 1928 to 1932 was as follows:
Year. Number of patients treated. 1928 3,784 1929 1,542 1930 2,126 1931 1,350 1932 4,493
Year. Number of mines at which pneumatic picks were in use. Number of pneumatic picks in use. Great Britain. Durham. Great Britain. Durham. 1927 … … … … Not available. 1928 … … … … 281 21 2,252 261 1929 … … … … 284 33 3,005 309 1930 … … … … 318 43 4,167 887 1931 … … … … 327 46 4,730 1,270 1932 … … … … 316 48 4,908 1,552 1933 … … … … 347 53 5,943 1,770