Epidemic Dropsy in Cawnpore (U. P.)
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A peculiarity of the epidemic is that it. has attacked the labouring classes also. This .report in fact deals entirely with the factory workers. It was observed that the epidemic had started when there was very little rain in Cawnpore. The first case which came to me was on the 1st July, 1937, and by then, the rainfall was only 2.0 inches and even that was deficient by .50 per cent of the average rainfall, of Cawnpore. Moreover,. Cawnpore is not a very wet town.
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