Municipal towns.
Popula-
tion
according
to the
census
of 1901.
March
to May
1908.
June to
August
1908.
Septem-
ber to
Novem-
ber
1908.
December 1908 to
February
1909.
Total.
March to May
1908.
June to August
1908.
September to
November 1908.
December 1908 to
February 1909.
Total.
Explanatory remarks.
Under
5 years. All ages. Under
5 years. All ages. Under
5 years. All ages. Under
5 years. All ages.
Under
5 years. All ages.
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GROUP A.
_River waters.
Cocanada ... ... 48,096 ... ... 32 2.7 ... ... ... ...
32 0.7 17 1.4 55 4.6 17 1.4 60 5.0 11 0.9 49 4.1 12 1.0 37 3.1
57 1.2 201 4.2 Cholera cases mostly imported cases
confined to one quarter.
Conjeeveram ... 46,164 67 5.8 36 3.1 26 2.3 . . . ...
129 2.8 17 1.5 44 3.8 26 2.3 45 3.9 22 1.9 34 2.9 21 1.8 52 4.5
86 1.9 175 3.8 Cholera mostly amongst pilgrims.
Gudiyáttam ... 21,335 24 4.5 22 4.1 105 19.7
1 8 3.4
169 7.9 18 3.4 19 3.6 23 4.3 28 5.2 17 3.2 22 4.1 16 3.0 19 3.6 74 3.5
8 8 4.2 Cholera imported for most part
very bad in surrounding villages,
infant mortality very high.
Kurnool ... ... 25,376 ... ... 20 3.2 3 0.5 . . . ...
23 0.9 23 3.6 42 6.6 7 1.1 14 2.2 14 2.2 27 4.3 4 0.6 11 1.7
48 1.9 94 3.7 Original cases imported.
Madura ... ... 105,984 570 21.5 18 0.7 71 2.7 197 7.4 856 8.1 66 2.5 143 5.4 57
2 . 2 120 4.5 51 1.9 152 5.7 75 2 . 8 162 6.1 249 2.3 577 5.4 Infection brought by pilgrims but
spreads rapidly in certain parts of
the town where pipe-water not
supplied.
Nellore ... ... 32,040
1 0.1 1 0.1 2 0.2 . . . ...
4 0.1 4 0.5 22 2.7 3 0.4 12 1.5 4 0.5 19 2.4 3 0.4 9 1.1
14 0.4 62 1.9 Cholera imported.
Tanjore ... ... 57,870 32 2.2 4 0.3 5 0.3 29 3.0
70 1.2 42
2 . 9 81 5.6 53 3.7
6 8 4.7 45 3.1 82 5.7 51 3.5 62 4.3 191 3.3 293 5.1 Cholera confined to one part of town
where pipes do not run.
Trichinopoly ... 104,721 60
3 . 3 ... ... 64 3 . 4 90 3.4 214 2.0 35 1.3 81 3.1 42 1 . 6 99 3.8 74 2.8 149 5.7 41 1.6 134 5.1 192
1 . 8 463 4.4 Cholera indigenous due to scanty
supply.
Tirupati ... ... 15,485 15 3.9 6 1.5
8 2.1 . . . ...
29 1.9 7 1 . 8 36 9.3 6
1 . 5 37 9.6 7 1.8 30 7.7 4 1.0 27 7.0
24 1.5 130 8.4 Cholera imported by pilgrims.
GROUP B.
Impounded surface
waters.
Adóni ... ... 30,416 ... ... 46 6.0 7 0.9 . . . ...
53 1.7 11 1.4 19 2 . 5 21 2.8 34 4.5 15 2.01 19 2.5 8 1.1 8 1.1
55 1.8
8 0 2.6 Epidemic probably due to pipe
supply, lake very low.
Coonoor ... ...
8,525
1 0.5 ......
...
... ......
1
0 . 1 2 0.9
6 2.8
6 2.8 16 7.5
6 2.8 10 4.7 7 3.3 12 5.6
21 2.5 44 5.2 Imported case, high dysentery
figure probably due to cold.
Madras ... ... 509,346 54 0.4 490 3.8 754 5.9 18 0.1 1,316 2.6 244 1.9 660 5.2 259 2.0 719 5.6 228 1.8 870 6.8 166 1.3 616 4.8 897 1.8 2,865 5.6 Epidemic due to pipe supply, lake
very low.
Ootacamund
... 18,596
2 0 4 ... ... ...
. . . ... ...
2 0.1 4 0.9 12 2.6 11
2 . 4 18 3.9 11 2.4 22 4.7 11 2.4 17 3.7
37 2.0 69 3.7 Imported cases.
Vellore ... ... 43,537
7 0.6 13 1.2 12 1.1 15 1.4
47 1.1 11
1 . 0 31 2.8 12 1.1 33 3.0 3 0.3 20 1.8 7 0.6 27 2.5
33 0.8 111 2.5 Imported cases mostly.
Vizagapatam ... 40,892
1 0.1 49 4.8 55 5.4 ... ...
105 2.6 13 1 . 3 37 3.6 13 1 . 3 53 5.2 11 1.1 62 6.1 5 0.5 18 1.8
42 1.0 170 4.2 Epidemic bad in places improved
with pipe supply.
GROUP C.
Well and spring
waters.
Cuddapah
... 16,432 ... ... 146 35.7 11 2.7 . . . ...
157 9.6 1 0.2
6 1.5 2 0.5
5 1.2 3 0.7 14 3.4 2 0.5 16 3.9
8 0.5 41 2.5 Cholera due to deficient quantity o
water and use of bad wells.
Dindigul ... ... 25,182
3 0.5 44 7.0 47 7.5 12 1.9 106 6.8 10
1 . 6 29 4.6 13 2.1 29 4.6 17 2.7 40 6.4 16 2.5 37 5.9
56 2.2 135 5.4 Cholera due to deficient supply and
use of bad supplies.
Guntúr
... 30,833 38 4.9 135 17.5 4 0.5 ...
...
177 5.7 10 1.3 25 3.2 25 3.2 56 7.3 10 1.3 20 2.6 5 0.7 7 0 . 9
50 1.6 108 3.5 Epidemic very suspicious of contami-
nation of town supply, but as this
is very deficient may be due to use
of infected sources.
18, M.T.S. Total. 1,180,830 875 3.0 1,062 3.6 1,174 4.0 379 1.3 3,490 3.0 535 1.8 1,348 4.6 596 2.0 1,446 4.9 549 1.9 1,641 5.6 454 1.5 1,271 4.3 2,134 1.8 5,706 4.8
I. All Municipal
towns (1907). 2,424,709 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,440 2.2 ... .. . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
... 11,574 48
II. Rural Areas
(1907).
33,937,513 ... ..
... ... ... ... ... ...
7 6 , 1 2 5
2 . 2
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... 48,752 1.4
III. Presidency as
a
Whole
(1907).
36,362,222 ... ...
...
... . . . ...
. . . ...
8 1 , 5 6 5 2.2 ... ... ...
... ...
... ...
...
... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
60,326 1.7
Note.—The figures under the lines demonstrate the prevalence of dysentery and cholera contemporaneously.
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