Medical topography and statistics of the Presidency of Madras : compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office.

Date:
1843-1844
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Credit: Medical topography and statistics of the Presidency of Madras : compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    July; the mean temperature of these months being 88^ ; and the average of rain 2 inches, 20 cents. In the beginning of July there are generally heavy showers of rain, which dimin- ish the heat of the land wind, but it continues to blow during the month, though with less violence : mean temperature 85°, average fall of rain 3-37. In the month of August, and Sep- tember, the weather becomes cloudy, close and oppressive, the sea breeze being uncertain, and the winds generally light and variable, with frequent calms ; heavy falls of rain usher- ed in by thunder and lightning also occur in these months, the mean temperature of which is 84°; and the average of rain 10 inches, 6 cents ; it is during these months, that the cholera has generally raged epidemically at Madras. About the beginning of October the N. E. monsoon commences, and continues, through the months of November and De- cember ; in October heavy gales of wind are very frequently experienced : the weather is cool and damp, the mean tem- perature 80°, and the average of rain 30 inches. A verage medium temperature throughout the year, for 10 year^^ 1829 1830 1831 1832j 183311834 ! 1835 1836 1837 1838 1 Fahren- j heit. 1 83 81 81i 84 83 87 82 m 82| 1 86| Harricanes coast of Coromandel having from time to of frequent ^ ^ occurrence, to time been subject to hurricanes, or violent gales of wind, the most remarkable of which occurred at the follow- ing periods. 2d October 21st 5th A. D.| A. B. 1746 24th October 1818 1763 29th & 30th March 1820 1782 6th December 1827 1785 30th October 1836 1807 1 st ,, 1837 1811 11th November 26th November 10th & 11th Decembe 1st & 2d May it is of importance to i occur in the mercury in these latitudes, as indicated by the