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Cuddapah.
At Cuddapah it first manifested itself on the 9th of October, but it does
not appear to have become general there.
Tripatty.
It appeared at Tripatty on the 1st of October during a festival, and it
soon carried off a considerable number of victims.
Chittoor.
At Chittoor it showed itself early in October, and it was said to have pre-
vailed for some time pretty generally in the district.
Vellore.
The first case of cholera observed at Vellore occurred on the 3rd October, but very few were
affected before the 18th of that month. From the latter period till towards
the end of December its attacks were pretty numerous. It does not, however
appear to have been nearly so prevalent here as at the neighbouring stations of Chittoor and Arcot.
Arcot.
* Note.—With reference
to this statement I would
merely refer to the fact
that the Southward ad-
vance of the epidemic
from Nagpore to this
point occurred during
the season of the South-
west monsoon, i.e.,
against the prevailing
wind, and that the
change of monsoon did
not hurry the Southward
advance.
(W. R. C.)
This epidemic appeared at Arcot about the ] 8th of October, and was generally prevalent until
the 23rd. At this time it suffered a slight remission ; for although it continued
during the remainder of that month, and all the following month, the attacks
were not so numerous nor so severe as during the preceding period of its course. It appeared on the
day on which the wind changed from the south-west to the north-east or
monsoon quarter.* The weather after this period was variable, the wind
blew in sudden squalls, and torrents of rain fell. The sky was generally
overcast, and although the thermometer did not fall lower than 74° at noon,
a peculiar chilly sensation was felt. On the 22nd a strong gale of wind, accom-
panied with rain, blew from the south-west ; and on the following day, as has
been mentioned, the disease had considerably abated. This disease re-appeared
at Arcot about the beginning of May 1819, and shortly afterwards at Vellore
and Chittoor ; but it does not seem to have been very prevalent. It left
these places about the beginning of July.
Salem.
It seems to have entered the Barahrnaul and Salem Districts from the north-west about the
middle of November, and at an early period of its course to have carried off
many of the inhabitants of the villages situated on the banks of the Cauvery.
It showed itself at Sankerrydroog on the 19th of November, and began to decline about the beginning
of December. On the 22nd of November it appeared at Salem. The weather for ten days preceding
had been cold, cloudy, and rainy, and the wind was piercingly sharp. Here, as at other places, it first
prevailed among the poorest and most destitute class of people. It continued very general until the
14th of December, but after that period it declined rapidly, and before the end of the month cases
were of rare occurrence. Of the prisoners in the jail who were exempted from their usual labour and
exposure during the prevalence of the disease only nineteen were attacked, and of these only
two died. The inhabitants of the large hills in the neighbourhood of Salem, prohibited any com-
munication with those of the valley ; and it is said that they enjoyed an exemption from the visita-
tion with which the latter were afflicted. Whether this immunity is to be
ascribed to their precaution it is not in this place our business to inquire0.†
It re-appeared in a moderated degree at Salem and Sankerrydroog towards
the end of August 1819, after a long continuance of rainy weather.
†Note.—The exemption
of the Hill tracts in the
neighbourhood of Salem
has continued to this
day.
(W. R. C.)
Trichinopoly.
The first case of cholera observed at Trichinopoly occurred about the end of October in one
of a Company of Native Soldiers, which had entered that place from the
northward. Two men of the Company had previously died on the march in
consequence of attacks of cholera ; and this man, who also soon died, was attacked before his
arrival.
‡Note.—It is notewor-
thy that the north-east
corner of the fort is gene-
rally the first locality to
feel the cholera influ-
ence.
(W. R. C.)
On the 1st of November another fatal case occurred in the village of Pootoor. About the
5th several persons, especially of the washermen's families, were attacked in the neighbouring
villages of Warriore and Pootoor, and some of them died before assistance could be procured. A few
fatal cases at the same time occurred on the outside of the north-west gate of the fort towards the
river.‡ From that period the number of cases daily increased, and the
disease gradually extended itself from the north-west to the south-east gate
of the fort ; on the 9th it manifested itself in the barracks of the European
Pensioners and Native Veteran Battalion situated in the immediate vicinity
of the river gate of the fort ; about the 13th in the Artillery barracks situated
on high ground on the southward of the fort ; and on the night of the 16th in the barracks of
H. M.'s 53rd Regiment situated on elevated ground on the south-west side of the cantonment.
It continued to increase in prevalence until the 20th ; but after the 22nd it began sensibly to dimi-