On the manifestations of cholera in ships at sea, and their connections with outbreaks on land / by Robert Lawson.

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[1892]
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    sporadic cases at the end of 1870, and in the course of 1871, and early that year, cholera became epidemic at the Seychelles Islands, 900 miles north of Mauritius, and along the east coast of Madagascar ; but I have no record of it having been met with between 1871 and 1880, either at Natal or in the Cape Colony. On the other hand, it is to be remarked that, from 1868 to 1871, an epidemic of cholera, which was first heard of in latitude 5 deg. N. and longi- tude 88 deg. E., in the former year, passed southwards, reaching Zanzibar at the end of December 1869, and Quilli- mane at the mouth of the Zambesi in 1871. This was met with to the west of Lake Tanganyika and Lake Moero, up- wards of 700 miles from the coast, and under it there were outbreaks in Johanna and Mayotta, two of the Comoro Islands, and at Majunga on the west coast of Madagascar, and at Nossi Be, a small island north of that place. While the changes in the distribution of cholera, detailed above, were in progress, a very striking reduction in its incidence in British India was also taking place, as will be obvious from the numbers in Table II of the deaths registered in the various provinces during the years 1869 Table II. Districts. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. Punjaub 9,258 469 169 8,727 148 78 N.W. Provinces and Oude. 92,676 45,451 19,505 77,131 19,229 6,464 Bengal Central Provinces' — 6.511 20,396 46,901 64,366 56,876 and Berar. Bombay Presidency Madras Presidency - 135,728 59,517 24,111 32,059 1,467 366 British Burmah ... 1,025 250 162 640 8,109 960 Cejdon 5 301 61 \ Not | ( known J 14 11 Districts. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. Punjaub 6,246 5,736 29 215 26,135 274 N.W. Provinces and Oude. 64,427 48,311 31,770 22,221 35,892 71,546 Bengal Central Provinces' 112,276 196,590 155,305 95,192 136,363 39,643 and Berar. Bombay Presidency Madras Presidency 179,410 203,113 418,918 169,201 48,031 1,628 British Burmah ... 761 3,678 7,276 6,759 1,828 2,638 Ceylon 1,817 Not known. Not known. 799