Climate and Health in Hot Countries and the Outlines of Tropical Climatology: A Popular Treatise on Personal Hygiene in the Hotter Parts of the World, and on the Climates That Will Be Met Within Them.Giles, George Michael James
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Climate and Health in Hot Countries and the Outlines of Tropical Climatology: A Popular Treatise on Personal Hygiene in the Hotter Parts of the World, and on the Climates That Will Be Met Within Them.
Giles, George Michael James
Hygiene -- Popular works; Medical climatology; Tropical medicine
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No.| Station | |Remarks
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1|Simla | |Hill station, with practically temperate climate.
| | |Not malarious.
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2|Peshawar (N.)| |Punjab Stations.--Intensely hot in summer, quite
|Lahore (Mid.)| |cold in winter; rainfall scanty. Malaria rife from
|Multan (S.) | |August to November; sometimes of a very virulent
| | |type.
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3|Meerut |S|North-West Provinces.--Hot and dry from April to
|Agra |u|mid-June; then to September moderate rain; cool
|Allahabad |b|with bright sun, November to March. Malarious from
|Benares |-|August to November, but seldom of a severe type.
|Jhansi |T|
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4|Patna |o|Upper Bengal.--Intermediate in climate and
|Hazaribagh |p|salubrity between N.W.P. and Lower Bengal.
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5|Calcutta |c|Lower Bengal and Assam.--Moist, except for a few
|Dhubri |a|weeks in March and April; heavy and prolonged
|Sibsagar |l|rains, but seldom with intense heat. Malaria
| | |prolonged, and often of a severe type.
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6|Jaipur |n|Rajputana.--Closely resembles the Southern Punjab.
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7|Kurrachi |i|Seaport of Sind.--Waterless and desert; but
| |a|climate modified by proximity to sea.
| |.|Exceptionally little malaria previously to the
| | |introduction of a regular water supply.
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8|Deesa | |Gujarat.--Scanty rainfall, July, August; heat of
| | |prolonged drought modified by proximity to sea.
| | |Malaria moderate, more or less throughout the
| | |year, with two maxima--in February and October
| | |respectively.
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9|Khandwa | |Central India.--Prolonged dry season, intensely
|Jubulpur | |hot in May and June; rainfall moderate. Malaria
|Nagpur | |autumnal, prolonged far into cold weather, but
| | |seldom particularly virulent.
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10|Bombay |T|Considerable rainfall, almost confined to three
| |r|months. Not very malarious.
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