Report on the medical topography and statistics of the ceded districts / Compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office.

  • Madras. Medical Board.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Report on the medical topography and statistics of the ceded districts / Compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    CEDED DISTRICTS. tinues only for a short time, owing to the little rain which falls, and to the dry rocky nature of the soil. Lightning and thunder occur occasionally from April to July, and again in September and October. The thunder is usually very loud, and a year seldom passes without the electric fluid injuring buildings or persons within the limits of the fort, or cantonment, and similar accidents are likewise by no means rare in the district. The following table exhibits the average height of the thermometer at sunrise, between noon and 2 p. m., and at sunset; and also the amount of rain for each month, during the two years ending 1842. The thermometer was kept in the dispensary of the European garrison hospital, a low tiled building without verandahs. 1841. 1842. Thermometer. Thermometer. CD CM . Pluviometer 6 cq 4-3 Pluviometer 3 s CO £ Inches. 3 a m CS Inches. « si q cq q CO m January.., . 78 84 82 0 0 74 84 83 0 0 February.. 74 87 85 0 02 73 84 84 0 0 March.... 83 92 92 0 03 81 97 90 0 0 April 86 94 94 4 19 86 99 90 0 02 May 84 92 92 0 09 82 92 100 1 81 June 81 86 85 4 40 76 86 84 2 75 July 80 85 83 1 17 79 85 84 0 60 August.. . . 7.9 83 82 6 10 77 83 82 1 74 September.. 7 5 75 78 4 61 78 83 81 8 44 October... . 78 83 82 5 38 79 84 83 2 21 November.. 73 82 81 0 39 76 82 82 0 03 December... 72 81 81 0 02 73 81 80 0 0 Total. 26 40 Total. 17 57 Eur°rfcks bar' barracks of the European troops are situa- ted within the fort; there are two distinct buildings for the infantry, about 560 yards apart, the first appro- priated to the right wing of the regiment, is built on high ground close to the ramparts, on the south side, nearly over- looking the tank; and that of the left wing, is near to the ramparts on the north, on lower ground; each is constructed in the form of a square, having a verandah all round ; the