lathyrism ind steel 1884 par miles

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D E S C R I P T I V E , A N D H I S T O R I C A L A C C O U N TO F THE

.. N O B T K -W E ST E R N P R O V IN C E S OF IN D IA .VOL. VIII

15 P A R T I I . - A L L A H A B A D .C O M P I L E D BY

. C D . S T E E L ,B E N GA L C I V I L S E R V I C E ;

A N 'D E D I T E D KY

F . hi. F1S3ER, P..A., L O N D . ,A N u

j . p. HEWKIT,B O T H OF THE B E N G A L C I V I L S E R V I C E .

A L L A H A B A D :3 f O K T 3 - W 1 S T Z B . V P S 0 7 1 S C E S A N D O U D B G U V 5 S X S S 5 T P E S 3 .

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M E D IC A L . i i o lT he mo rtality from fever in die whole district du ring 1SSO was 2 0 2 per

thousand, the provincial average boin" 23 11. In tl c city of A llahabad it v.asoulv 16 8.

D r. Jone s, formerly C ivil S urgeon of A llahabad, writes :


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13 2 A L L A H A B A D .aw ;are of any pathological examination of the special nerves having been Tadewish the vitv.v of d e t e r m i n i n g the nature of the lesion. T here is an asylum 1for the helpless and hon-e!e=s fi-oin the disease at i le ja, and their generalappearance is that of healthy, well-nourished men. The disease, generally occurssuddonlv in the rainy season, and is not accompanied with active symptoms. ;exc.i'piiiiiT a .-IL'hl. pain in the knees and loins, and that only when an a t t e m p tis made to walk or move. A bout 4 per cent of the population of B a r a h andMeja were affected in l.tiGl.1'T h e r e are ten Government hospitals and dispensaries in the A llahabad

district , the names of which are given below. TheHospitals and dispensaries. ' ,. . < 1table also shows the expenditure incurred on eacli oneduring the y e a r 1881 : Name of dispensary.

Colvin Hospital, 1st class sadrParian] 2ud class branchKydganj dittoKatra dittoGoernment Press branch, 1st classCiril HospitalPhulpur 2nd class branch , ^B;mdia 1st ditto .. .Barah 1st dittoMeja 1st ditto

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Total

T o t a l e x p e n d i -t u re in 1881.R s. a p.

11.S65 1 493 7 1 6

1,046 11 i1,(61 3 2

826 0 7' 6,131 7 2

738 12 1073S 0 641 15 1867 B I

24,938 10 7

The patieuts treated at these dispensaries num bered 62.8 i '2. or 427 percent, of the whole population. The n u m b e r of operations performed was 2,862,of which 209 were classed as major operations. At the C olvin H ospital 190major and 1,533 m inor operations took place. In- door patients are receivedat rhe C olvin H ospi tal and the C ivil H ospital . T hese amounted to 1,188 in 1 8 8 1 ,and are included in the total number given above, all the rest included in thattotal being out- door pa tien ts. The eye hospital in the pity, founded by Dr.H a ll, and the L ister H ospi tal near the railway station, may also be mentioned.They are entirely supported by private charity and municipal grants.

'Kept up by the chanty ot the local rajas and laid-hoidcrs under the supervision of thesh-ildar.


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( 2 0 2 / ' A L L A H A B A DT he principal proprietary classes are B r a h m a n s , R a j p u ts , K u r m is , and

landholder.^ mi'l te-i- M n.=.i!m:\ns; all the se own mo re than 1.000 ac res ofants- land. T he prin cipa l cu ltiva ting classes are, in th e

or der of their im por tance, B r a 'm nans, R ajpu ts , A hir s , K ur m is. K aohhis, K ew ats ,K iivath s, Mu.salmaus, and B anias . T he difference in the 3 >iL and the climateof the no rth ern and sou thern po rtion s of the tahsil affects not only the n um be r,bu t also the condition of- the te na nt ry . I n the no rth, with good climate andsoil, we find a dense population, amp le com mand of m an ure and irrigatio n, hi ghcultiva tion, and fairly well-to- do c ul tiv ato rs. I n the south , on the other han d,the poorness of the soil nec essitate s freque nt fallows ; irrig ati on is, as a rul e,uno btain able , except in favoured spots ; holdin gs are large, crops s can ty, cul-tivation slack, and the cultivators badly off.

T he earlier settlements of the talisil were made with L ai Israj S inh,who was ruja of Mand a at the cession. I n l s l l ,

i"isc il h i s t o r v .Israj S inh mo rtgag ed the whole tahsil to Moti

C hand, a bank er of B enares. O n I sraj S inh's death, he was succeeded b yhis son, R udr P artab S inh, a mino r. T he Go vernm ent revenue was thenmuch in arrea rs, and the B oard of C om mission ers took the property un de rdirec t m an ag em en t. In 121.9 fusli (18 11 - 12 A .D .) the revenue of the tahsil wasraised to R s. 2,9 5.0 25 , and from 1.22 > to 122 t fasii (A .D . 1812- 13 to 1816 - 17)the demand was progressive, r is ing in the latter year to R s. 3 ,3 6,604. T hetahsil still continued und er dir ect m an ag em en t, the raja being allowedR s . 2,000 a month for his m ain ten an ce . T his plan was adhered to till t h e .fourth settlement, when en ga gem en ts were taken from R udr P arta b S inhfor R s. 3 ,3 S ,725. U p to the end of this settlem ent there was no complaint ofover-assessment; but the raja, having become extravagant to a degree, and hav-in g ne glected his large and valuab le es ta tes , w as found hop< lessly in deb t w henMr. Montgomery began the fifth settlement in I 80S . T he history of the firstye ar of this settle me nt was a long list of sales, farm s, and att ach m en t for ar re ar s.In 1856 a thorough revision was ordered by Government, but the Mutiny put astop to the work, and it was not conclud ed till lS 'iO , when, as already mentionedin P ar t I I I ., large remissions bad to be mad e. T hese remissions amounted tor e v e n u e , R s . 3 4 , 7 2 1 , or 105 per cent ; and nidlikana, R s. 7,374-, or 15-5 per cen t.T he effects of this salu tary revision be cam e at onc e ap pa ren t in the decrease offarms, and in the absence of atta ch m en ts or sales for arr ea rs. O f the cu rre ntsettlement full details are given in P ar t I I I . , und er F I S C A L H I S T O K T .

* M ej a. T he tahsili station of parg nna h K liairtig arli; is a small village, 28m iles south-east from A llahabad. L ati tu de z?5-S ' -3 G" : Iou::i tude S 2 - 9 ' - 3 9" .


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[Mufti-ka-purwa.] 203Population (1SS1) 1,412 (Cj'o fem ales) . I t has an im per ial post-office, a first-chiss police-station, and a firsfc-c lnss bran ch dispensa ry (7,612 patients in 1S S 2).Its importance is due to its position, almost in the centre of the tansil, and con-nected with all parts of it by mn netallcd roads. H ere is a poorhonse main-taine d by the ch ari ty of the local r aj as for the wretch ed cripples so freq uen tlyfound about here [vide p. 13 2] . T he re is also a tine tank made as a fam inework in 1878, and fed by a sacred s pr in g at the foot of a tem ple, round abo utwhich a considerable fair is held once a year.

Miohar. V illage in pa rga na h K ara ri ;. distan t 20 miles west from A llah-abad, and 11 south-east from Ma nj han pur- P aU . L ati tude 25 o - 2 - i / - 4 0 / / ; longi-tude 81 - 3 2' - 54 ". P opulation (188.') 2,S fi9 (1,408 females).Mirzapur Chauhari.Small pargunah, lying to the north-east of par-gan ah S oraon, and forming part of tahsil S oraon. Jt consists of only 44 scat-tered villages, two or three of which adjoin the border of the S oraon pa rg an ah ,two or three others adjoin th at of the S ika nd ra p arg au ab , and the rest form agrou p entirely surrounded bv O udh territ ory . T he total area according to thelate st official sta tem ent (1 83 1) was 18'9 s qu are m iles, of which l(J'o were cu lti-vated, l - 9 cultivable, and 6'5 barr en.. T he area paying Go vernm ent revenueor quit-rent was 18 "2 square miles ( 1 0 2 cultivated, 1"S cultivable. 6 2 bar ren ).T he amount of paym ent to Gov ernm ent, whether land- reven ue or quit- rent (in-cluding, where such exists, wa ter- adv antag e, but not water-rates) was R s. 23 ,754;or, with local rates and cesses, R s. 27 .93 2. T he am ount of rent, inchuiino' localcesses, paid by cultivators was R s. 3 8,163 . P opu lation ylSSi) 19.173 (9,745females). Fo r further details see S O R A O N T A I T S T L .

M i r z a p u r Chauhari. V illage in the p arga nah of the same nam e ; dis-tan t 26 miles north- north- east from A llahabad , and 15 north-ea st from S ora on .L a t it u d e 2 5 - 4 7 /- 3 C T ; l o n g it u d e 8 2 - 3 ' - 2 0 " . P o p u la ti on (18S L ) 1.01 6 (51 9females). I t is the pargunab. cap ital, au d has a local baz ar, with an ann ua ltraffic of a value estimated at R s. 2.3 00. T he place is noted for its manu fac-ture s in wood. E lliot sa ys in his Glossary (p. 3 25,):"T he taluka of Mir-zapur C hauhari was formerly in the parga nah of Jala lpur B hilkar in Manik-pu r, the rest of which sark ar is in O ud h. I t has been included in A llahaba dsince the time of Mada ri L iii, dmd.

M o l i a n g a n j . S e e G o n a r .M o t i g a n j ~ S e e A L L A H A B A D c u r .Mufti-ka-purwa or Piira Mufti. V illage in parganah C hail ; distant 11

miles west-uorth-west from A llahabad. L ati tude 25 - 2S / - 4 9 / / ; longitude8 1 - 4 3 ' - 3 " . P opu lation (1881 ) 1,746 (914 females). T here is au imp erial

lathyrism ind steel 1884 par miles

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