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REPORT ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY
OF SHOLAPUR.
Inspected in September 1876.
Sholápur, the chief City of the collectorate of that name, is reached by the
G. I. P. Railway at a distance of 282 miles from Bombay, and is situated in la-
titude 17° 40 and longitude 75° 56', at an elevation of about 1,800 feet above the
sea, from which it is distant in a straight line about 188 miles. The town lies on
the water-shed of the Adila stream, a tributary of the Sina River, into which it is
discharged at Nandur, about 8, miles to the south-west of the City, and has
been built on slightly rising ground in the centre of an extensive plain, the nearest
hill, called Davud Mulluk, being 8 miles away on the east, whilst on the north
at a distance of 12 miles is Savargaras Doongur, and further away at a distance
of 24 miles is the hill of Tuljipur. The natural drainage is good, and is carried
off by a large nullah, called Lenke, on the east, which empties itself into the
Shelgi Nullah, which runs from east along the north towards the west, where
it joins the Adila, or, as it is here called, the Baleh Nullah. The lowest part
of the town is on the west. The rock on which the City is built consists of trap,
which in some places is very near the surface, and barely covered by any soil at
all, though on the north and east the black cotton soil is cultivated, and produces
very fertile crops. On the north of the town, and at a distance of about 3 miles,
the Ekruk Lake has been constructed at the expense of Government.
2. The following statement shows the monthly fall of rain from 1866 to
1875, as registered at the Civil Hospital :—
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871. 1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
Months.
Inches. C e n t s . I n c h e s .
C e n t s .
I n c h e s . C e n t s . I nc he s .
c e n t s . Inches.
C e n t s .
I n c h e s .
C e n t s .
I n c h e s .
C e n t s . I n c h e s .
C e n t s . I n c h e s .
C e n t s .
Inches.
C e n t s .
January . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2 3
. . .
2 3 . . .
. . . . . .
4 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
February . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
8 1
. . . 5 . . .
. . .
March . . .
. . . 15 . . . 68 . . .
. . .
. . .
2 0 . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
6 6
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
3 0
April . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 92 . . .
. . . . . . 14
. . . 89
. . .
. . .
. . . 16 1 29
. . . 39 . . . 6
May . . .
. . . 3 . . . 70 . . . 78 1 3
. . . 75 . . . 65 . . . 40 2 40 2 56 . . . 2 5
June . . .
2
83 5 71 5 83 7 17 . . . . . .
. . . 70 3 37 7
. . . 5 16 3 79
July . . .
7
6 1 1 48 7 46 1 50 11 84
. . . 37 4 71 3 3 8 56 4 23
August . . .
3 73 5 31 5 25 10 30 . . .
. . . 2 19 5 92 4 86 2 95 7 29
September . . .
4 85 5 92 5 10 10 2 5 54 9 21 20 32 7 88 12 61 4 39
October . . .
3 49 7 32 . . . 72 3 25 11 93 . . . 18 1 12 . . . 81 2 39 3 22
November . . .
2 31 . . . 13 . . .
. . . 1 38 . . . 74 . . . 7 . . . 8 . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 2
December . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . 2 91 . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
8 7
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
1 2
Total . . . 25 . . . 28 17 25 37 38 13 31 69 13 99 37 61 28 33 34 67 24 67
From the above it will be seen that the annual rainfall, on the average of
the last ten years, amounts to 28.76 inches. The minimum fall took place in
1871, when only 13.99 inches were registered, and the maximum in 1869, when
38.13 inches were recorded. The monthly temperature during the last 5 years
will be seen from the following table, which shows the maximum, minimum, and
mean in each month of the year. During the hot months the temperature is very
high, but the nights are said to be generally cool :—
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