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above conditions are not   connected    (paragraph  51,   Doctor J. M. Coates'
Report of Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal for 1876).
In the subjoined tabular statement is shown the total mortality from
cholera registered in 1876 in each district of the province, together with the
ratio per mille of population and the number of villages attacked:-
                   
DISTRICTS.
Number of deaths.
Rate per 1,000.            
NUMBER OF VILLAGES -
DISTRICTS.
Number of death.
Rate per 1,000.
NUMBER OF VILLAGES -



In the Dis-
trict.
Affected.



In the Dis-
trict.
Affected.
Bardwan   
4,808
2.36
5,181
572
Mymensingh
5,420
2.30
7,597
915
Bankura      
964
1.81
2,171
238
Tipperah
3,488
2.45
6,289
926
Birbhum   
1,322
1.89
2,846
202
Chittagaon
9,300
8.91
985
606
Midnapore 
1,673
.65
13,394
478
Noakhali
18,568
20.34
2,542
733
Hugli            
921
2.54
954
119
Patna
4,720
3.02
5,712
1,211
Serampur    
491
1.24
901
91
Gya
5,514
2.82
6,255
1,385
Howrah
1,701
2.32
1,516
198
Shahabad
6,619
3.83
5,112
777
24-Purgannahs
8,565
3.87
5,509
1,132
Muzaffarpur
2,256
1.03
4,129
329
Nuddea  
6,356
3.51
3,697
312
Darbhanga
1,273
.57
3,213
199
Jaisur
14,822
7.14
5,083
2,308
Saran  
2,557
1.23
4,350
566
Murshidabad  
4,063
3.00
4,001
945
Champaran
2,072
1.43
2,299
290
Dinagepur    
1,121
.74
 7,108
162
Monghyr
2,356
1.29
2,910
439
Malda
874
1.29
2,383
208
Bhagulpur
2,096
1.14
2,739
348
Rajshahi
2,720
2.07
4,453
588
Parnia
2,597
1.51
4,711
209
Rangpur
2,093
.97
4,154
236
Sonthal
1,815
1.44
9,615
288
Bogra
381
.55
3,979
106
Kattak
5,044
3.37
7,006
1,274
Pubna
3,937
3.24
3,422
653
Puri
4,428
5.75
3,176
685
Darjiling
1,734
18.30
…
…
Balasur
7,361
9.55
4,991
1,416
Jalpaiguri
1,095
2.61
465
96
Hazaribagh
1,438
1.86
6,704
255
Dhaka
11,257
6.06
5,048
2,053
Lohardugga
3,885
3.14
6,486
431
Faridpur         
14,135
9.32
3,332
1,663
Singbhum
143
.35
3,080
62
Bakirgunge    
16,709
8.91
2,863
1,167
Manbhum
1,898
1.90
6,363
289
In the Darjiling district there are no regular villages.
Bardwan.-The cholera mortality registered in 1876 was more than double
the average of that of the three preceding years. It was present thoughout
the year, and prevailed with greater severity from March to June, and again,
but with less intensity in November and December. April and May were the
worst months. The disease was continued into 1876 from an outbreak in the
Katwah sub-division in November 1875, and spread through the district as the
dry season advanced, but disappeared almost entirely as soon as the rains set in.
On the 10th October a considerable inundation took place from the Damudah,
such as had not been known for 10 or 12 years. A great portion of the country,
* * *continued flooded for nearly three months. There had been heavy rain
for two or three days. This was followed by a period of great freedom from
cholera, and no doubt diminished the virulence of the winter outbreak.
Bankura.-Cholera in its severe form commenced in March and abated in
June. July to December, particularly August and September, were months of
marked exemption. The disease first appeared in the town of Bankurah
on the 1st March, during which month and the half of April, it prevailed with
unusual severity, and caused the heavy mortality of 7.74 per 1,000 of its popu-
lation. Numbers went away from the town, business was particularly at a
stand-still, and the courts were closed for some days. It then spread to
circles on the north and the south.
Birbhum.-Here also cholera was severely epidemic from March to June,
and less so in November and December. In April cholera was found to be
prevailing generally throughout the district, and again in November, when
all the circles in the district were affected, except that of Rajnagar.
Midnapur.-The cholera which prevailed in this district in November
and December 1875 continued to extend up to July 1876. After this month
its virulence abated markedly until November, when it broke out afresh, but
in less severe form. February and April were months of severe suffering.
Hugli.-Cholera first appeared in Balagarh circle in February, and spread
gradually. In March the disease prevailed severely in all the other circles
and in the municipality. In May its activity abated. It was present again
in November and December, but in sporadic form.
Howrah.-On the whole the cholera of 1876 in this district was some-
what less fatal than in 1875. The disease prevailed more severely during the
changes of the season from hot to cold and from cold to hot than at other times,
and diminished in intensity when the rains set in. In character it was tran-
sient and erratic, visiting a village, disappearing from it, and going to another,