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MANUAL OP THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. IV, 

 PART II. 



Physical and 



Medical 

 Climate, &c. 



Influence of 

 the climate on 

 the health of 

 the childreu 

 at the 

 Lawrence 

 Aaj lum. 



tropical diseases, yet, in addition to the cases for which its climate 

 has by experience been proved to be suitable, it will be found 

 that the European can retain his health and vigour, as evidenced 

 by the robust constitutions of those who have been, for the 

 greater portion of their lives, resident upon the hills. It is usual 

 to look upon these mountain ranges as sanitaria where health may 

 be reo-ained, but their true value will be found to consist in their 

 possessing a climate in which Europeans can maintain their health 

 and vigour, or a periodical resort to which will enable them, on 

 their return to the plains, to resist the debilitating influences of 

 surrounding adverse conditions. 



The following tables represent the sickness and mortality for 

 the past five years of the children of the Lawrence Asylum near 

 Ootacamand. It is believed that few, if any, of the great schools 

 of Eno-land can compare to advantage with these in so far as the 

 comparative absence of serious diseases or the low rate of 

 mortality are concerned. There are two branches of this Asylum. 

 One is intended for the reception of sons, and the other for the 

 daughters, of European and Eurasian soldiers serving in India. 

 Their ages vary from about eight years on admission to sixteen on 

 discharge. 



MALE BRANCH, OOTACAMAND LAWRENCE ASYLUM, LOVEDALE. 



Statement showhuj the Number of Admissions and Deaths, ^-c, of the 



Diseases that came under Treatment during the past five Years. 



