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Howrah Hospital Report for 1 846, containing reference also to 

 a few cases of supposed Spinal irritation and disease treated 

 ivithout the Hospital. By W. A. Green, Esq., Bengal 

 Medical Service. 



It is unnecessary to remark upon the generally accredited 

 prolific causes of sickness amongst the seamen of the port, 

 such as reckless exposure to day and night temperature, to 

 vicissitudes of extreme heat and chilling dampness, in addition 

 to excess in drinking, &c. 



The hospital is an upper-roomed house, cheerfully situated 

 in an open and airy position, in the vicinity of the river. 

 The average monthly range of the thermometer, during ten 

 months of 1846, from the 3rd March to 31st December, 

 placed in the centre room below- stairs, out of the way of 

 currents of air and of the sun's rays, has been as follows : — 



March, . . 

 April, . . 

 May, . . 

 June, 

 July, . . 

 August,. . 

 September, 

 October, 

 November, 

 December, 



Annual averg 



Lowest temp 



Aver. Temp. 8 a. m. Aver. Temp. 3 p. m. 



79.14 85.50 



84.10 89*50 



85.32 88.64 



84.06 85.74 



83.40 84.80 



83.32 84.64 



83.13 84.43 



81.40 82.87 



73.90 77.60 



64.32 69.90 



at 8 a.m 

 at 8 a.m 



80.2 Ditto at 3 p.m 83.3 



62. Highesttemp.at3p.M. 92. 



