An essay on the causes, symptoms & treatment of Burdwan fever, or the epidemic fever of Lower Bengal / by G.C. Roy.

  • Roy, Gopaul Chunder, 1844-1887.
Date:
1874
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Credit: An essay on the causes, symptoms & treatment of Burdwan fever, or the epidemic fever of Lower Bengal / by G.C. Roy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the dwelling of the people will indicate improvement in their social condition which in the present state of society is well nigh impracticable. Jungles should be cut down and growth of bamboo in thick clusters pro- hibited. Small lioney-combed pits should be filled up and the existing large tanks cleared and deepened. Those, that are used for drinking purposes, should be surrounded with high mounds to prevent them from being defiled with ground washings. Surface drains should be cut in every locality with a good outfall, leading into a deep one on the farthest boundary of the village towards which the drainage inclines. These drains or khals joined with similar others in the neighbourhood should have their ultimate fall into a navigable stream. The dead should be buried or burnt out of the limits of human habitations. Outside the villages the fields should be looked after. A country prosperous with rice cultivation cannot be healthy. If water be allowed to collect in every patch of ground, it will necessarily impregnate the soil with dampness. But rice is the staple article of food and there is no alternative in the production of the crop. A thorough system of irrigation should be introduced which will render it unnecessary for the present to attempt to keep water in the fields. Rice cultivation within the heart of a village should be prohibited. Any existing obstruction to drainage by bunding a canal either for fishery or agricultural purposes should be put a stop to on penalty of a fine, and the existing bund opposite Selimabad should be opened out to re- store the flow of water into the Kana Nudee. The
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