Medical, geographical, and agricultural report of a committee appointed by the Madras Government to inquire into the causes of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the provinces of Coimbatore, Madura, Dindigul, & Tinnivelly, during the years 1809, 1810, and 1811, of which W. Ainslie was president.

  • Madras (Presidency) Medical Committee to Inquire into the Causes of the Epidemic Fever.
Date:
1816
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Credit: Medical, geographical, and agricultural report of a committee appointed by the Madras Government to inquire into the causes of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the provinces of Coimbatore, Madura, Dindigul, & Tinnivelly, during the years 1809, 1810, and 1811, of which W. Ainslie was president. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    suiting from their decayed leaves, greatly retard evaporation ; and the water in the tanks within the fort, being seldom renew- ed, is often putrid, and exhaling fetid va- pours. The Tinnivelly province is considerably lower than any of the others in which the Epidemic has prevailed; it extends, in lati- tude, from Verdapetty, in 9°. 41', to Cooka- pootie, near the southern extremity of the Peninsula, in 8°. 7'; and in longitude, at its greatest width (from Collatore on the east coast, to Pooliery, at the opening of the Ariangowel Pass) about ]°. 15'. Its western barrier is the great range of Travancore mountains.1 To the east and south it is bounded by the ocean, and to the north by the district of Madura. With regard to its elevation, it possesses the same variation as (1) It may here be observed, that these immense ghauts are deeper, that is to say, broader in width, from w. to e. opposite to Palamcotah, than opposite to any other part of this district; a piece of information which we owe to Major Lambton.