Table showing the Number of Gases of Cholera and Number of Deaths which have occurred in the Island of Ceylon, from the year 1859 to 1870 inclusive ; also the Date and Locality of the first
Case in each Province, and the Date and Locality of the last Case in each Province in each year.
WESTERN PROVINCE.
NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE.
Southern Province.
Years
Number of Cases.
Number of Deaths.
Date of First Case.
Its Locality.
Date of Last Case.
Its Locality.
Number of Cases.
Number of Deaths.
Date of First Case.
Its Locality.
Date of Last Case.
Its Locality.
Number of Cases.
Number of Deaths.
Date of First Case.
Its Locality.
Date of Last Case.
Its Locality.


1859
165
105




13
 10




57
18






1860
122
94
Sept. 4th.
Colombo
Dec. 30th
Negombo
497
361
April 6th.
Calpentyn.
Dec. 29th
Rurunegala








1861
98
68
Jan. 2nd
Negombo
Mar. 29th.
Colombo






1
1

Hambantota 




1862
13
11
Feb. 4th
Colombo
Dec. 22nd
Do.
21
19
May 2nd.
Puttalam
Sept. 24th.
Puttalam
194
89
Aug. 5th.
Galle
Oct. 13th.
Galle.


1863
4
3
Jan. 19th
Ambanpitta 
Sept. 19th.
Ambanpitta 














1864
287
191
Jan. 27th
Colombo
Dec. 30th.
Colombo
38
31
July 31st.
Puttalam
Sept. 21st.
Puttalam
6
4
Aug. 26th.
Calloowelle near Galle.
Aug. 31st.
Calloowelle near Galle.


1865
252
193
Jan. 9th
Do.
Dec. 31st.
Do.
149
100 
June 9th.
Do. 
Nov. 3rd.
Do. 
212
101
Feb. 26th.
Rarawe near Galle.
June 11th.
Galle.


1866
225
151
Jan. 2nd
Do.
Do. 
Negombo
274
194
Sept. 29th.
Chilaw 
Dec. 29th.
Chilaw 
114
63
Aug. 8th.
Calloowelle near Galle.
Dec. 31st.
Hambantota.


1867
34
15
Jan. 2nd.
Negombo
April 19th.
Colombo
11
10
Jan. 2nd.
Do. 
Jan 15th.
Do. 
16
3
Jan. 1st.
Hambantota 
Jan. 7th.
Do.


1868




















1869
2

Nov. 17th.
Regalle
Nov. 18th.
Regalle














1870
43
29
June 
15th.
Colombo
Dec. 28th.
Colombo
1
1
June 30th.
Rurunegala


190
84
May 16th.
Calloowelle near Galle.
Aug. 24th.
Galle.


EASTERN PROVINCE.
NORTHERN PROVINCE.
CENTRAL PROVINCE.
Total No. of Cases.
Total No. of Deaths
1859






158
122




63
50




456
305
1860
65
42
Nov. 15th.
Batticaloa 
Dec. 23rd.
Batticaloa
1,256
847
April 23rd.
Mannar 
Nov. 14th.
Mannar 
245
177
April 16th.
Randy
Dec. 31st.
Randy
2,185
1,521
1861
4
2
Jan. 1st.
Do.
Jan. 3rd.
Do.






76
62
Jan. 1st.
Do.
Feb. 18th.
Do.
179
133
1862
41
14
July 28th.
Tamankadua 
Aug. 25th.
Tamankadua 
2,129
1,233
Feb. 25th.
Jaffna
Nov. 1st.
Mannar 
196
122
April 30th.
Do.
Nov. 30th. 
Matale
2,594
1,488
1863 






3
2
Mar. 2nd.
Arippo 
Mar. 22nd. 
Arippo 
12
1
Jan. 17th.
Do.
Nov. 20th. 
Matale on Central Road.
19
6
1864
283
179
Feb. 24th.
Trincomalee 
Dec. 31st.
Trincomalee 
2,325
1,339
Feb. 6th.
Vangalie
Dec. 25th.
Mannar 
639
413
Feb. 24th.
Damboloya on Central Road
Nov. 21st. 
Matale
3,578
2,157
1865
551
309
Jan. 2nd.
Do.
Dec. 27th.
Batticaloa
1,221
653
Mar. 24th.
Do. 
Dec. 1st.
Do. 
343
229
Mar. 12th.
Randy
Dec. 31st.
Mihintale on Central Road.
2,728
1,585
1866
51
20
Jan. 3rd.
Batticaloa
Dec. 9th.
Do.
9,092
4,988
Jan. 28th.
Do. 
Dec. 31st.
Rayts
785
510
April 28th.
Dambulla
Dec. 19th.
Randy
10,541
5,926
1867






10,116
6,862
Jan. 1st.
Jaffna
Nov. 29th.
Mullatiore
16
14
Feb. 8th.
Mihintale
Sept. 15th.
Dambulla
10,193
6,904
1868












2
1
May 3rd.
Randy


2
1
1869






2
1
Sept. 13th.
Jaffna
Sept. 19th.
Jaffna
9
4
Aug. 1st.
Lunugalla on Central Road.
Nov. 23rd. 
Randy
13
5
1870
9
5
July 17th.
Batticaloa
Aug. 4th.
Batticaloa
214
124
June 1st.
Mannar 
Dec. 27th. 
Mihintale
87
65
May 18th.
Badulla
Nov. 2nd.
Do.
544
308
* The Cholera Registers of 1859 have been mislaid, and the information cannot, in consequence, be furnished.
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