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Table showing Deaths by Cholera in the several Talooks, &c., of the Trichinopoly District in each
month of the year 1870.
Population ...
Total No. of Villages in
each. Circle... ...
Months.
January... ... ...
February ... ...
March ... ... ...
April
...
...
...
May
...
...
...
June ... ... ...
July
...
...
...
August ... ... ...
September ... ...
October ... ... ...
November ... ...
December ... ...
Total...
Perambalore
Talook, N. of
District.
144,072
314
No. of villages affected.
11
13
7
6
1
7
1
13
4
3
3
-
Population.
13,515
12,198
4,416
4,663
656
10,042
1,563
12,897
3,114
3,254
3,347
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Cholera Deaths.
58
73
27
17
1
7
1
43
4
5
4
240
Wodiarpol-
liem Talook,
N. E. of Dis-
trict.
190,204
596
No. of Villages affected.
24
4
2
3
3
12
7
9
7
3
5
-
Population.
20,019
4,155
5,752
3,889
3,233
10,533
5,973
6,095
3,956
2,559
2,160
Cholera Deaths.
100
11
2
21
11
19
36
23
9
4
6
242
Municipal
Town,Tri-
chinopoly,
Centre of
Talook.
55,730
Population.
55,730
Cholera Deaths.
219
62
5
...
...
2
1
41
330
Trichinopoly
Talook, S. E. of
District.
199,66/
613
No. of Villages affected.
117
52
20
9
4
1
7
6
11
10
6
40
—
Population.
76,383
44,792
23,717
7,710
4,197
1,519
14,082
3,965
18,705
10,158
11,747
73,914
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Cholera Deaths.
435
130
44
21
1
7
7
11
10
6
106
783
Kulutalli
Talook, S. W.
of District.
190,880
1,303
No. of Villages affected.
15
7
22
15
1
1
4
4
7
3
7
18
-
Population.
18,278
9,205
26,257
20,773
395
3,665
2,563
4,791
6,860
6,233
8,376
25,856
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Cholera Deaths.
50
28
81
58
1
1
4
20
16
4
15
61
339
Museri
Talook, W.
of District.
226,273
526
No. of Villages affected.
33
11
5
3
1
... 4
1
5
1
17
35
-
Population.
45,827
10,579
6,286
3,718
83
...
5,962
2,567
4,995
456
21,574
44,096
Cholera Deaths.
98
40
33
5
1
...
5
1
9
1
109
321
623
The total cholera deaths in the district were 2,557, and these were distri-
buted over the several populations according to the following ratios :—
Table showing Proportion of Cholera Deaths to 1,000 of Population in each Talook, &c., of the
Trichinopoly District, during the year 1870.
Municipal Towns and
Talooks.
Perambalore Talook ... ...
Wodiarpollium „
...
...
Municipal Town, Trichi-
nopoly... ... ... ... ...
Trichinopoly Talook ... ...
Kulutalli
,,
...
...
Museri
,,
...
...
January.
0.4
0.5
3.9
2.1
0.2
0.4
February.
0.5
0.05
1.1
0.6
0.1
0.1
March.
0.1
0.01
0.09
0.2
0.4
0.1
April.
0.1
0.1
...
0.1
0.3
0.02
May.
...
...
...
0.02
0.005
0.004
June.
0.006
0.05
...
0.005
0.005
...
July.
0.04
0.09
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.02
August.
0.006
0.1
...
0.03
0.1
0.004
September.
0.2
0.1
0.01
0.05
0.08
0.04
October.
0.02
0.04
...
0.05
0.02
0.004
November.
0.03
0.02
...
0.03
0.07
0.4
December.
0.02
0.03
0.7
0.5
0.3
0.1
Total.
1.6
1.2
5.09
3.9
1.7
2.7
Sreerungum festival.
62. The seasonal reproduction of cholera began in the Museri Talook in
November, and the largest mortality occurred in this talook,
during the season of re-production. Some deaths occurred at
the Sreerungum festival in December ; and the disease extended to the town and
cantonment of Trichinopoly in December, but the disease was nowhere severe at
the end of the year. The number of persons attending the annual festival at
Sreerungum was much less than is customary.
I had taken the precaution of warning the Collector that the appearance of
cholera in the Museri Talook in November was likely to endanger the lives of
persons at Sreerungum; and, acting on this information, the Collector was able to
warn the people of the district of the risk of attending the festival. Not more
than 20,000 persons assembled on this occasion. Some individuals from