Table showing the Number of Gases of Cholera and Number of Deaths which have occurred in the Island of Ceylon, from the year 1859 to 1870 inclusive ; also the Date and Locality of the first
Case in each Province, and the Date and Locality of the last Case in each Province in each year.
Years
1859..
1860..
1861..
1862..
1863...
1864...
1865...
1866...
1867...
1868
1869...
1870...
1859
1860...
1861...
1862...
1863
1864...
1865...
1866...
1867...
1868
1869
1870...
WESTERN PROVINCE.
Number of Cases.
165
122
98
13
4
287
252
225
34
2
43
Number of
Deaths.
105
94
68
11
3
191
193
151
15
29
Date of
First Case.
*
Sept. 4th.
Jan. 2nd
Feb. 4th
Jan. 19th
Jan. 27th
Jan. 9th
Jan. 2nd
Jan. 2nd.
Nov. 17th
June 15 th
Its Locality.
Colombo
. Negombo
. Colombo
. Ambanpitta ..
. Colombo
Do.
Do.
Negombo
Regalle
Colombo
Date of
Last Case.
Dec- 30th
Mar. 29th.
Dec. 22nd
Sept. 19th,
Dec. 30th
Dec. 31st.
Do.
...
April 19th.
Nov. 18th.
Dec. 28th.
Its Locality.
Negombo
Colombo
Do.
Ambanpitta ..
Colombo
Do.
Negombo
Colombo
Regalle
Colombo
EASTERN PROVINCE.
65
4
41
283
551
51
9
42
2
14
179
309
20
5
Nov. 15th
Jan. 1st.
July 28th.
Feb. 24th.
Jan, 2nd.
Jan. 3rd.
July 17th.
Batticaloa ...
Do.
Tamankadua ...
...
Trincomalee ...
Do.
Batticaloa
...
Batticaloa
Dec. 23rd.
Jan. 3rd.
Aug. 25th.
Dec. 31st.
Dec. 27th.
Dec. 9th.
...
...
Aug. 4th.
Batticaloa
Do.
Tamankadua ...
Trincomalee ...
Batticaloa
Do.
...
...
Batticaloa
NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE.
Number of Cases.
13
497
21
33
149
274
11
1
Number of Deaths.
10
361
19
31
100
194
10
1
Date of
First Case.
April 6th
May 2nd
July 31st
June 9th
Sept. 29th.
Jan. 2nd.
June 30th.
Its Loca
lity.
Calpentyn.
Puttalam..
...
Puttalam..
Do.
..
Chilaw
Do. ..
Rurunegala
Date of
Last Case.
Dec. 29th
. Sept. 24th.
. Sept. 21st
Nov. 3rd.
Dec. 29th.
Jan 15th.
Its Loca-
lity.
Rurunegala
Puttalam...
Puttalam...
Do.
..
Chilaw ...
Do.
...
NORTHERN PROVINCE.
158
1,250
2,129
3
2,825
1,221
9,092
10,116
...
2
214
122
847
1,233
2
1,339
653
4,988
6,862
...
1
124
April 23rd.
...
Feb. 25th.
Mar. 2nd.
Feb. 6th.
Mar. 24th.
Jan. 28th.
Jan. 1st.
Sept. 13th.
June 1st.
Mannar ...
Jaffna
Arippo ...
Vangalie...
Do. ...
Do.
...
Jaffna
Jaffna
Mannar ...
Nov. 14th.
...
Nov. 1st.
Mar. 22nd.
Dec 25th.
Dec,
1st,
Dec. 31st.
Nov. 29th.
...
Sept. 19th.
Dec. 27th.
Mannar ...
Mannar ...
Arippo ...
Mannar ...
Do.
...
Rayts
Mullatiore.
Jaffna
Mihintale...
SOUTHERN PROVINCE.
Number of Cases.
57
1
194
6
212
114
16
190
Number of Deaths.
18
1
89
4
101
63
3
84
Date of
First Case.
Aug. 5 th.
Aug. 26th.
Feb. 26th.
Aug. 8th.
Jan.
1st.
May 16th.
Its Locality.
Hambantota
Galle
Calloowelle
near Galle.
Rarawe near
Galle.
Calloowelle
near Galle.
Hambantota ..
Calloowelle
near Galle-
Date of
Last Case.
Oct. 13th
Aug. 31st.
June 11th.
Dec. 31st.
Jan. 7th.
Aug. 24th.
Its Locality.
Galle.
Calloowelle
near Galle.
Galle.
Hambantota.
Do.
Galle.
CENTRAL PROVINCE.
63
245
76
196
12
639
343
785
16
2
9
87
50
177
62
122
1
413
229
510
14
1
4
65
April 16th.
Jan.
1st.
April 30th.
Jan. 17th.
Feb. 24th.
Mar. 12th.
April 28th.
Feb. 8th.
May 3rd.
Aug. 1st.
May 18th.
Randy
Do.
Do.
Do.
Damboloya on
Central Road
Randy
Dambulla
Mihintale
Randy
Lunugalla on
Central Road.
Badulla
Dec. 31st.
Feb. 18th.
Nov. 30th.
Nov. 20th.
Nov. 21st.
Dec. 31st.
Dec. 19th
Sept. 15th.
Nov. 23rd.
Nov. 2nd.
Randy
Do.
Mat ale
Matale on Cen-
tral Road.
Matale
Mihintale on
Central Road.
Randy
Dambulla
Randy
Do.
Total
No. of
Cases.
456
2,185
179
2,594
19
3,578
2,728
10,541
10,193
2
13
544
Total
No. of
Deaths
305
1,521
133
1,488
6
2,157
1,585
5,926
6,904
1
5
308
* The Cholera Registers of 1859 have been mislaid, and the information cannot, in consequence, be furnished.
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