Cholera in relation to certain physical phenomena : a contribution towards the special enquiry sanctioned by the Right Hon. the Secretaries of State for War and for India / by T.R. Lewis and D.D. Cunningham.

  • Lewis, T. R. (Timothy Richards), 1841-1886.
Date:
1878
    ■V CHO / IN RELATION TO CERTAIN PHYSICAL PHENOMENA: A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE SPECIAL ENQUIRY SANCTIONED BY THE RIGHT HON. THE SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR WAR AND FOR INDIA. LERA BY T. R. LEWIS, M.B., and D. D. CUNNINGHAM, M.B., SURGEON, BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICE, ' SURGEON, INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE, SPECIAL ASSISTANTS TO THE SANITARY COMMISSIONER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. CALCUTTA: OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING. 1878.
    CALCUTTA: PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, 8, HASTINGS STREET.
    CONTENTS Introduction. pagr. The Relation of Soil to Disease .... ..... 1 PART I. CHOLERA IN CALCUTTA. Chapter I. The Seasonal Fluctuations in the Prevalence of Cholera in an Endemic Area —Calcutta 7 Chapter II. A comparison of the Seasonal Fluctuations in Individual Physical Condi- tions with those in Prevalence of Cholera in Calcutta ... 14 (a) Atmospheric pressure ........... 15 (b) Atmospheric temperature .......... 16 (c) Atmospheric humidity ........... 18 (d) Rainfall ............. 22 (e) Level of soil-water 26 (f) Soil-temperature 32 (g) Carbonic acid of the soil-air—Soil-ventilation ...... 34 Chapter III. Physical Characteristics of the different Seasons of Cholera-prevalence in Calcutta 38 PART II. CHOLERA IN THE ENDEMIC AREA (GENERALLY. Chapter I. The Relation of various Physical Phenomena to Cholera in other Districts of the Endemic Area in the Bengal Presidency ..... 46 (a) Geographical limits, and character of the soil of the endemic area . . 46 (b) Prevalence of cholera according to monthly periods in the endemic area, and the mean monthly rainfall ......... 48 (c) Prevalence of cholera according to seasons in endemic area : also the rainfall 53 (d) The water-level registers of the endemic area 56 Chapter II. Analysis of Data furnished by Individual Stations selected to illustrate Cholera-prevalence and Physical Phenomena in the Endemic Area . 57 (a) Military stations near Calcutta ......... 57 (b) The stations of Purneah and Berhampore . . . N. <30 (c) Dinapore—a transition area: geological and meteorological features . . 62