Report on the sanitary administration of the Punjab and proceedings of the Sanitary Board for the year ... and the report on sanitary works for.

  • Punjab (India). Sanitary Board.
Date:
[1877]
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Credit: Report on the sanitary administration of the Punjab and proceedings of the Sanitary Board for the year ... and the report on sanitary works for. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( 0 ) 2. From this table it will be seen that in the districts of.Ludhiana, Jullundur, Hoshiarpur, m ,1 . , ... Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Mooltan, Jhang, Montgomery, which the aggregate rain-fall and in all the frontier districts except Dera Uhazi Khan, the aggregate during 1877 was in excess of rain-fall during 1877 was in excess of the average of the 4 preceding years. t~ge of the f preceding >phe excess was most marked in the districts of Mooltan, Jhang and Montgomery, where an aggregate fall of 13G, 1G'9, and 21 inches respectively was measured against the corresponding average annual rain-fall of G'G5, 9*85 and GG5 inches respectively, for the preceding four years. In Shahpur, Gujrat, Sirsa, and the hill sanitarium of Simla the normal fall obtained, but in In some the normal fall the remaining districts, particularly Delhi, Gurgaon, Umballa, and the obtained, in others it was con- hill sanitarium of Dharmsala, it was considerably below the average, siderably below the average. Table showing the number of days on which rain was measured in 1877, also the maximum rain-fall on any one day. Number. Sadr stations. January. February. rd cj Fh o8 k—* r^\ April C$ krH 6 pi j July. 4-5 CO P bL < September. October. CD rQ s <p o SZ5 December. Total. Maximum rain-fall on any 1 day. i Delhi 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 l 1 4 3 29 3-7 2 Gurgaon 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 l 2 2 ... 4 30 2-2 3 Karnal 6 5 4 1 3 3 4 2 1 5 1 5 40 6-0 4 Hissar 2 5 2 5 3 4 4 1 * . . ... 2 2 30 1*3 5 Rolitak i 2 2 2 5 3 1 * •. 2 3 1 i 23 2-2 6 Sirsa 4 2 3 4 4 5 4 1 ... 2 3 32 2 6 7 Umballa 7 5 1 3 1 2 4 i 3 3 1 5 36 2-2 8 Ludhiana 4 4 3 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 4 29 6-3 9 Simla 2 2 8 10 9 8 9 8 5 6 2 5 74 3-2 10 Jullundur 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 5 39 25 11 Hoshiarpur 7 6 3 4 3 9 md 6 2 2 1 i 5 42 95 12 Dharmsala 9 8 7 8 11 8 8 8 10 6 5 8 96 4-6 13 Amritsar 7 6 2 6 6 4 4 1 2 3 4 4 49 2-8 14 Gurdaspur 5 5 3 6 4 3 4 1 3 2 4 3 42 5-0 15 Sialkot . .. 5 5 3 4 2 3 6 1 2 3 4 3 41 4-5 16 Lahore 4 5 4 6 3 ... 3 ... 3 1 3 4 36 13 17 Gujranwala 6 6 3 5 2 • • • 2 1 2 3 3 4 37 3 2 18 Ferozepore 2 1 2 2 5 2 4 1 2 , . 3 3 27 1-9 19 Rawalpindi 7 7 3 9 5 4 5 2 4 6 9 9 70 21 20 Jhelum 8 7 3 3 2 2 5 2 3 7 5 4 51 3-7 21 Gujrat 6 7 3 7 3 3 5 2 2 4 3 4 49 4-2 22 Shahpur 4 6 3 7 2 1 1 1 ... 4 5 34 21 23 Mooltan 1 1 1 1 1 2 ... 2 ... ... 4 13 6-0 24 Jhang 2 3 1 6 4 2 5 . . . 2 ... 1 4 30 1-5 25 Montgomery 3 4 4 2 5 1 4 ... ... ... 2 3 28 3-8 26 Muzaffargarh 1 1 1 4 1 ... 1 3 • • . ... 2 14 30 27 Dera Ismail Khan 4 5 ... 6 4 1 2 ... 1 1 5 5 34 0-9 28 Dera Ghazi Khan 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 ... 1 3 16 0-9 29 Bannu 4 4 i 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 32 2-4 SO Peshawar 5 4 i 4 . • • ... • • • • • * • • • 2 9 8 33 2-8 31 Abbott-abad 6 8 5 12 7 4 4 3 6 11 12 12 90 3-1 32 Kohat 3 7 4 1 6 2 3 3 o O 3 10 9 54 4-0 3. The heaviest falls of rain, it will be observed, occurred at Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Heaviest falls of rain on any Mooltan. At Hoshiarpur 9‘5 inches, and at Ludhiana G'3 inches fell on one day occurred at Ludhiana, one and the same day, 3rd September; whilst at Mooltan, a few days later, Hoshiarpur and Mooltan. on f]ie sth, a fall of 6 inches was measured, an amount almost equal to the average annual fall at this station, and but little less than half the fall during the whole of this year. 4. The most notable feature in the circumstances of the climate of the Punjab during the Contrary to popular belief, year 1877 is the unusually plentiful fall of rain in the aggregate for the the rain-fall during 1877 was twelvemonths. This is quite contrary to the popular belief which accounts plentiful. the year 1877 as one of the most arid and rainless that the province has experienced for several years. The explanation lies in the fact that the principal rain-fall occurred Explanation lies in the fact ou^ season an(l thus escaped the general observation, whilst the rain-fall that1 the principal rain-fall of the usual monsoon season was below the ordinary fall to a very occurred out of season, and thus extraordinary degree, and consequently attracted a more general notice, escaped the general observation, Tpjs wi]| pe seen by reference to the figures showing the aggregate rain-fall in the above comparative statement. This statement further shows that the aggregate rain-fall of 1877 exceeded the mean aggregate fall of the preceding 4 years by a small amount, and also exceeded that of each individual year of the series excepting only 1875, in which the aggregate rose to the high figure of 11408 inches. The table also shows very clearly the exceptional character of the climate for the year, so far as its rain-fall is concerned, by indicating its distribution by months. Up to May inclusive, it will be seen, the monthly rain-fall in every instance largely exceeded the mean fall in those months for the preceding four years, whilst from June to September inclusive, it fell short of the normal quantity to a veiy extraordinary degtee ; the total fall for the four months in 1S77 being only 301 7 inches against 731T inches, the mean total of those months for the preceding four years. The remaining three months again show a fall greatly in excess of the normal amount.