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APPENDIX.
HEALTH OF CALCUTTA—contd
Deaths per
1,000 above (+)
or below (—)
average-
Causes.
1st week (from
29th April to
5th May
... +14·6
More cholera, plague,
small-pox, bowel-
complaints, and all
other diseases.
Less fever.
2nd week ... +14·8
Ditto.
Ditto.
3rd „
+15·9
4th ,, (to
26th)
... +12·6
Ditto.
1st week (27th
May to 2nd
June)
... +12·2
More
cholera,
plague, small-pox,
and all other
diseases. Less fever
and bowel-com-
plaints.
2nd week
... +14·2
Ditto.
3rd „
.. +15·7
Ditto.
More
cholera,
plague, small-pox,
and all other
diseases.
Less
fever.
4th „
... +17·1
Last „
... +12·6 Same as in the first
three weeks.
1st week
... +11·6
More cholera,
plague, small-pox,
and all other
diśeases. Less fever
and bowel-com-
plaints.
2nd
, ,
. . . +12.3
Ditto.
3rd „
... + 7·7
Ditto Less fever
only.
4th
, ,
( t o
28th)
... + 9·1 More cholera, plague,
and all other
diseases.
1 st. week (from
29th July to
4th August) ... + 7·3
More cholera, plague,
small-pox, and all
other diseases.
Less fever.
2nd week
+13·6 More cholera, plague,
fever and all other
diseases
3rd ,,
+ 1
3 · 8
Ditto.
Ditto.
4th ,,
+12·5
May.—The chief features of the weather were
—(1) The almost continual high pressure over
the northern districts and to a smaller extent
over Lower Bengal; (2) the frequent occurrence
of showery weather in all parts of the Province,
with the exception of Bihar, where it was less
frequent; and (3) the relatively low temper-
ature due to the frequent occurrence of local
storms. The total rainfall was on an average
below the normal almost everywhere.
June.—The chief feature of the meteorology
for this month was the tendency of the depres-
sions to move towards the north-east instead o
f to the north-west, as in other years, and the
low pressure which continued in the eastern
districts for some days after the depressions
approached that area. The average pressure
was below the normal in the east. There was
also a moderate deficiency in Orissa. In the
early part of the month, after the disturbed
weather which began in Assam and extended
south-westwards over the Province, unusually
low temperature prevailed for some days.
There was a second period of low temperature
while the cyclonic storm was influencing the
weather in Bengal during the second week.
These periods of low temperature were, as
usual, followed by corresponding periods of
high temperature, most noticeable in the west-
ern districts, where rainfall was much more
partial than in the east. Rainfall was almost
general and continuous in the east of the Prov-
ince, but in the central and western districts
it was more interrupted, and in Bihar during
the latter half of the month was much less
frequent than usual. The total rainfall was
on an average more or less below the normal
everywhere.
July. —Dur i ng, t he f i r s t hal f of t he mont h
pressure was generally in defect, though not to
any large extent. In the third week, however,
a sharp rise began and continued almost un-
checked till the 25th, causing the pressure for
the whole month to be slightly above the nor-
mal. The mean temperature was above the
average in the places which received less rain,
viz., South-West Bengal, South Bihar, Chota
Nagpur, Orissa, and the southern portion of
East Bengal, and below, in the regions which
record more rain, i.e., in North Bihar, North
Bengal, and the greater part of East Bengal.
The rainfall over the greater part of the
Province was fairly continuous and well
distributed.
August.—During the greater part of the
month pressure was below the normal on
account of an unusual number of storms which
formed at the head of the Bay, the average
monthly pressure being in consequence below
the normal over the whole Province. Owing
to uneven distribution of the rainfall, mean
temperature was nearly normal in Orissa and
slightly above the normal in Chota Nagpur