Suggestions as to the Cause of Unhealthiness of Lower Bengal and the Recent Outbreak of Epidemic Fever

NESS OF LOWER BENGAL AND THE .RECENT OUTBREAK OF EPIDEMIC FEVER. By Assistant Surgeon Goi-aul Chunder Roy, M.D., F.R.C.S., Inspecting Medical Officer of Endemic Dispensaries. Although the following observations are the result of limited experience, yet, as facts, they may l>e made use of for the solution of the problem stated in the title of these remarks. With this view I shall dwell on the peculiar insanitary condition of their villages and on those habits of the people which tend to bring about unhealthiness of a locality. The villages in liengal consist of an aggregation of huts, with narrow lanes and by-lanes. The mud for plastering the wall is generally dug out of a portion of land faaing the intended dwelling. The economical idea of a Hindu generally prompts him to leave the pit thus formed unfilled up; and the percolation of sub-soil and the drainage of surface water soon convert it into a tank or