An essay on the causes, symptoms & treatment of Burdwan fever, or the epidemic fever of Lower Bengal / by G.C. Roy.

  • Roy, Gopaul Chunder, 1844-1887.
Date:
1874
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Credit: An essay on the causes, symptoms & treatment of Burdwan fever, or the epidemic fever of Lower Bengal / by G.C. Roy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ir roa ) moutlis of small khals are to be kept open, otherwise once obstructed they will fill up gradually and turn the flow of water in a different channel. Deep khals should be cut in jullahs to convey the stagnant water, and some sort of cultivation intro- duced. The habits of the people must be altered. A bet- ter standard of living is an indispensable necessity. Better clothing and better food will enable them to bear against malaria or any vicissitude of temperature with greater power of resistance than before. The habit of defsecating on the pond side should be discon- tinued ; grounds should be allotted outside the village for such purposes, and the dry earth system of con- servancy adopted. The refuse in time should be carted away to the neighbouring fields to supply manure to the soil. The custom of early marriage giving rise to a generation of paupers, whom their parents are not able to sustain, should be discouraged as much as possible. If all these measures could be followed out, my con- viction is strong on the point that we will reduce the chance of disease and mortality to a minium. Y et some degree of unhealthiness will remain in operation which is the result of causes beyond human control. Thus, the nature of the soil will remain unaltered which is sure to be acted upon in the rainy season with the immense quantity of rainfall which is natuial in the tropics.