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anywhere in that locality. Subsequently, in the end of August and September,
the villages of Sahusna, near the Singrarapore and Saonra near Jubbera, suffered
severely, and a small cluster of villages in the jungle tract north of Singrampore
were attacked. The town of Kuttunghee almost altogether escaped, but some
villages in the neighbourhood, at a distance from the road, suffered severely.
190. Russoiah, a small village, with a population of 103, lost 13 in July.
The first case was that of a Gond, who had returned ill from a village in the
neighbourhood, and died the following morning. The water-supply id derived
from a well and a Baolee ; both were on low ground below the village; in both
the water was 21 feet from the surface; but in the well there was only 1 foot
of water, and the brick-work was much broken, and occupied by a number of
pigeons, in the Baolee there was 12 feet of water, and large fish were kept
in it, with the view of preserving the water sweet; this Baolee had been con-
structed by the Malgoozar a few years ago ; it was fenced, and none of the low
caste people were allowed to draw water from it. Of those that died, 11 were
Gonds, Chumara, and other low castes, and 2 (a woman and her child) Rajpoots.
At Pururria, a small village on rising ground, a mile from Russoiah, there
had been 3 deaths from cholera,—a man and 2 boys. Water-supply from a well in
low swampy ground below the village. It was 45 feet deep, and contained G
feet of water. The brick-work was broken and occupied by pigeons.
At Kooshi, a large village, half a mile from Russoiah, there had been no
cholera. The water-supply was derived from two wells in good repair, 30 feet
deep, sunk in deep soil and clay, and containing 4 feet of water.
At Loharee, on the main road, there had been no cholera. The water-supply
was solely from wells, sunk 30 feet in soil and clay.
191. Morai,—a village a mile and a half from the road, population 700 ;
the houses much crowded on a small hillock; the soil is rich alluvium. Close to the
village is a tank of wide area, but shallow, and Singhara nut is grown in it. A large
portion of the village is built round the lower end of the tank, but the greater
part of the surface drainage from the village would be carried off in another direc-
tion; the borders of the tank and the catchment generally were much fouled. All
the people resort to this tank for washing clothes and bathing, but they say they
use well water for drinking. There is one well in a garden close to the tank, in
which there was a good supply of water 40 feet from the surface; another outside
the garden on lower ground, in which the water was 30 feet from the surface.
Cholera broke out on the 22nd June, and between this date and the 23rd July
99 cases and 50 deaths were reported.
192. The first case was that of a Dheernur, who had been to Kujoree, on
the Hirun, where he had a kuddoo field; he remained there two days, was seized
with cholera while returning, arrived at Morai in the evening, and died the next
morning. (Kujoree is three miles distant from Morai; at this time cholera had not
appeared there). The same morning that this Dheemur died, a woman of the
Koormee caste, living in another part of the village, was seized, and died at night;
this woman, with about 50 others from the village, had joined a Bharat at Sehsan
Purruria; this Bharat had come from Burgee ; it was a very large one, and they say
2,000 persons had assembled from different parts. Cholera broke out among
them, and they dispersed. Those from Morai had returned several days before
the Koormee woman was taken ill, and I could not ascertain that the others
that had accompanied her suffered in a greater proportion than the rest of
the people.
Sehsan Purruria, is nine miles from Morai; but although cholera broke out
among the Bharatees assembled there, it does not appear to have spread amono-
the residents; only one death was reported from the village, and that was on the
6th June. A woman belonging to this Bharat carried cholera to the village of