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MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. IV, 

 PART I. 



Climate, &c 



April it begins to fluctuate, and in May tlie quantity of moisture 

 iucreases vei'y perceptibly, being accompanied by rapid changes of the 

 electrical condition of the atmosphere, indicated by thunder-storms 

 and heavy showers, but of short duration. During June, July, and 

 August it is nearly charged with moisture ; in September it is again 

 fluctuating ; in October and November moist ; and in December it 

 begins to reassume its dry state." 



•' The following table," he adds, " presents the actual state of 

 the weather in Ootacamand for 366 days, from 1st March 1831 

 to 29th February 1832, which, from all I can learn, maybe 

 considered an average season'' : — 



Number of days of heavy rain 



Do. occasional showers with fair intervals. 



Do. cloudy 



Do. clear and fine 



19 



81 



28 



238 



366 



Vital 

 statistics. 



Comparative 

 table. 



Vacciuatlon. 



A separate register of the births and deaths was begun in 

 ]869. In the Appendix Table No. 13 appear the results since the 

 year 1870-71. The statistics for the rural tracts are, as the 

 figures themselves seem to indicate, of comparatively little 

 value. Those of the Municipal towns are more trustworthy, 

 especially as regards deaths, but even here the registration 

 of the deaths of children is probably very defectively carried out. 



The following comparative statement of deaths of all ages will 

 be of use : — 



In Appendix No. 14 information will be found of the deaths 

 among Europeans and Eurasians in 1874-75. 



Vaccination has been unusually successful in the Hills, as the 

 statistics of deaths from small-pox will show. In the year 1869 

 the deaths are reported as 109 ; in the seven subsequent years 

 they amounted to only 76, of w^hich 33 w^ere in 1873— an annual 

 average of 10*85. 



The following table exhibits the operations of the Vaccinators 

 for the five years ending 1875-76. The establishment consists 



Exclusive of 13 born dead. 



