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Sunamganj ..
Jaganathpur ..
Aijal ..
Shillong ..
Tura ..
Kohina ..
Dhubri ..
Sukchar ..
Bilashipara ..
Goalpara ..
Abhayapuri ..
Palashbari ..
Nalbari ..
Barpeta ..
Patacharkuchi ..
Tezpur ..
Behali ..
Sootea ..
Mangaldai ..
Tangla ..
Nowgong ..
Misa ..
Morigaon ..
Sibsagar ..
Nazira ..
Jorhat ..
Mariani ..
Majuli ..
Golaghat ..
Badlipar ..
Dibrugarh ..
Tinsukia ..
Dibrugarh III ..
North Lakhimpur
Dhakuakhana ..
Sadiya ..
Staff and Reserve
Total
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
276
364
21
50
99
13
488
233
350
251
230
334
344
357
290
418
228
343
260
271
340
421
392
297
290
348
425
208
221
233
315
448
183
240
174
116
1,406
15,054
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
..
10
58
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
1
1
..
1
1
3
2
2
..
18
1
3
9
..
1
..
3
..
1
..
..
..
..
54
459
629
2
22
267
172
488
548
214
479
518
683
494
451
899
642
449
806
2,227
728
1,171
541
395
648
759
1,254
451
425
380
636
130
1,030
379
588
134
28,973
5
10
1
1
59
27
16
17
2
27
55
184
1
29
40
40
111
21
9
130
36
8
26
18
65
18
37
42
20
44
48
3
112
28
9
9
1,731
464
639
3
23
59
295
188
505
550
242
534
702
685
524
492
939
754
471
818
2,359
766
1,179
585
414
716
786
1,291
494
445
627
684
134
1,142
407
597
143
30,758
1
2
..
..
..
2
1
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
14
11
2
2
..
..
..
3
16
..
..
..
3
36
200
815
573
207
127
541
7
473
203
236
482
263
726
807
936
1,528
358
774
560
375
526
774
166
918
199
160
129
259
37
413
171
141
613
23
162
165
125
4,654
28,159
2
41
2
12
10
4
21
1
5
"6
1
29
37
16
70
1
25
1
93
122
14
6
25
622
818
575
248
129
541
21
484
203
236
484
263
726
80.
940
1,528
380
774
561
381
527
774
172
919
242
208
147
331
38
438
172
237
751
23
162
179
134
4,715
29,001
139
88
95
23
10
95
47
37
83
22
67
2
34
40
18
94
35
37
16
32
37
30
6
120
104
129
81
24
39
44
134
242
14
63
36
48
226
3,137
2,031
4,353
144
56
311
93
2,706
3,616
2,294
1,715
2,660
2,812
3,278
2,527
2,115
2,003
3,427
1,768
1,837
2,007
2,549
2,440
2,288
1,799
1,037
2,899
2,467
3,162
2,123
2,072
2,156
2,616
1,285
4,592
2,176
1,842
1,153
1,08,362
98
20
30
90
55
64
160
33
37
44
78
16
190
143
42
112
7
112
50
26
91
29
4
72
32
138
75
21
159
30
283
322
9
231
39
56
14
3,932
2,268
4,461
269
169
376
252
2,913
3,686
2,414
1,781
2,805
2,830
3,502
2,710
2,175
2,209
3,469
1,917
1,903
2,065
2,677
2,499
2,298
1,991
1,173
3,166
2,623
3,207
2,321
2,146
2,573
3,180
1,308
4,886
2,251
1,946
1,393
1,15,431
3,5503
5,675
520 i
298
940
332
3,692
4,077
3,155
2,815
3,310
4,090
5,011
4,335
4,227
3,081
5,182
3,232
2,755
3,410
5,810
3,437
4,396
2,818
1,795
4,029
3,740
4,536
3,253
2,763
3,437
4,615
1,465
6,190
2,837
2,677
6,251
1,75,190
30
TABLE V
Statement showing the number of animals treated and castrated at Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries during the year 1938-1939
District
1
Gauhati ..
Silchar ..
Shillong ..
Total ..
Number of Veterinary
Dispensaries
2
1
1
1
3
Number of Veterinary Assis-
tant Surgeons employed
3
1
1
1
3
Number of in-patients
treated during the year
Equines
4
9
5
23
37
Bovines
5
22
44
9
75
Other animals
6
18
31
77
126
Total
7
49
80
109
238
Number of out-patients
treated during the year
Equines
8
186
201
313
700
Bovines
9
1
1,576
2,549
352
4,477
Other animals
10
612
407
1,410
2,429
Total
11
2,374
3,157
2,075
7,606
Grand total of in-patients and
out-patients treated during
the year
12
2,423
3,237
2,184
7,844
Total number of cases supplied
with medicines but not brought
to Hospitals
13
14
..
..
14
Castrations
per-
formed
Equines
14
..
1
3
4
Bovines
15
218
77
1
296
Other animals
16
131
100
11
242
Total
17
349
178
15
542
Rec
eip
ts
Rs.
323
398
344
1,066
18
a.
4
13
0
1
p.
0
0
0
0
i
Expen
dit
ure
19
Rs.
2,353
1,928
2,536
6,817
a.
1
5
7
14
p.
6
9
3
6
32
TABLE VII
Statement showing the total strength of Subordinate Veterinary Staff employed during the year 1938-39
District or subdivision
1
Silchar .. .. ..
Hailakandi .. .. ..
North Sylhet
..
..
Karimganj .. ..
South Sylhet .. ..
Habiganj .. .. ..
Sunamganj .. .. ..
Khasi and Jaintia Hills ..
Naga Hills .. .. ..
Dhubri
..
..
..
How occupied
2
Inspection
Staff
..
..
..
Stationary .. .. ..
Reserve .. .. ..
Itinerating .. .. ..
Itinerating .. .. ..
Stationary .. .. ..
Itinerating .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto
and in charge of
Itinerating .. .. ..
Inspection .. .. ..
Itinerating .. .. ..
Reserve .. .. ..
Whether paid from pro-
vincial or local
funds
3
Provincial .. ..
Ditto .. ..
Ditto .. ..
Ditto .. ..
Provincial and local ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Provincial .. ..
Provincial and local ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Provincial .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. ..
Provincial and local ..
Provincial .. ..
Veterinary Inspectors
4
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
...
..
Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons
5
..
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
1
Subordinate teaching
staff
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Remarks
7
33
Goalpara
..
..
..
Gauhati .. .. ..
Barpeta .. .. ..
Tezpur .. .. ..
Mangaldai .. .. ..
Nowgong .. .. ..
Sibsagar .. .. ..
Jorhat
..
..
..
Golaghat .. .. ..
Dibrugarh .. .. ..
North Lakhimpur .. ..
Garo Hills .. .. ..
Lushai Hills .. .. ..
Sadiya Frontier Tract ..
Itinerating .. .. ..
Inspection .. .. ..
Temporary .. .. ..
Staff .. .. ..
Stationary .. .. ..
Reserve .. .. ..
Temporary .. .. ..
Itinerating .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Inspection .. .. ..
Reserve .. .. ..
Itinerating .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto
..
..
..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Total .. ..
Total employed on the 1st
April 1938.
Total on the 31st March 1939
Provincial and local ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Provincial and local ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Provincial .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Provincial and local
Ditto
ditto ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Ditto
ditto ..
Provincial .. .. ..
Ditto .. .. ..
Ditto
..
..
..
..
1
1(a)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
66
66
2
..
1
2
5
1
2
2
3
2
3
2
..
1
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
61
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
| (a)Johne's Disease Officer.
34
TABLE VIII
Return of Stud Bulls for the year 1398-39
District
1
Cachar .. .. ..
Sylhet .. .. ..
Khasi and Jaintia Hills ..
Goalpara .. .. ..
Kamrup .. .. ..
Darrang .. .. ..
Nowgong .. .. ..
Sibsagar .. .. ..
Lakhimpur .. .. ..
Garo Hills .. .. ..
Naga Hills .. .. ..
Sadiya Frontier Tract ..
Total
Property of Government
Number on the 1st
April 1938
2
32
88
3
27
59
6
4
25
15
2
..
..
261
Obtained during
the year
Number
3
11
..
..
22
11
8
10
18
..
..
..
80
Average price
paid
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Casualties during the
year
5
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
8
..
..
..
12
Balance remaining on
the 31st March 1939
6
43
84
3
49
70
14
14
43
7
2
..
..
329
Property of Local Bodies
Number on the 1st
April 1938
7
22
78
..
19
45
19
21
55
4
2
2
1
268
Obtained during
the year
Number
8
29
21
..
13 15
14
..
29
23
..
..
..
144
Average price
paid
9
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Casualties during the
year
10
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Balance remaining on
the 31st March 1939
11
51
99
32
60
33
20
84
27
2
2
1
411
Remarks
12
35
TABLE XIV
Abstract of Particulars regarding Cattle Fairs and Shows held during the year 1938-39
Province
1
Cachar .. .. ..
Garo Hills .. .. ..
Darrang .. ..
Sibsagar .. .. ..
Total .. ..
Number of Cattle Fairs and
Shows held
2
1
1
1
3
6
Number of stock present
Bulls
3
125
12
1
34
172
Bullocks
4
75
4
2
2
83
Cows
5
150
5
6
118
279
Young stock
6
150
4
..
95
249
Buffaloes
7
2,000
..
..
5
2,005
Camels
8
..
..
..
..
..
Others
9
30
31
5
3
69
Ave
rage price
of a
nimal so
ld
Bulls
Rs.
22
10
a.
0
p.
0
..
..
..
22 0 0
Bullocks
11
Rs.
25
a.
0
p.
0
..
..
..
25 0 0
C
ows
12
Rs.
20
a.
0
p.
0
..
..
60
80
0
0
0
0
Buffaloes
13
Rs.
30
a.
0
p.
0
..
..
..
30 0 0
Camels
14
..
..
..
..
36
TABLE XIV—concld.
Abstract of Particulars regarding Cattle Fairs and Shows held during the year 1938-39—concld.
District
Cachar .. ..
Garo Hills .. ..
Darrang .. ..
Sibsagar .. ..
Total ..
Amo u n t r e a l i s e d in fees
15
Rs.
825
..
..
..
825
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
Total number of animals that
competed for prizes
16
..
56
14
249
319
Prize mo
ne
y provide
d
From Imperial Funds
17
Rs.
..
..
..
..
..
From Provincial Funds
18
Rs. a. p.
..
..
..
100
100
0
0
0
0
From Local Funds
19
Rs. a. p.
..
50 0 0
..
110
160
0
0
0
0
From other sources
20
Rs. a. p.
..
..
36
70
106
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
otal
2
1
Rs. a. p.
..
50 0 0
..
280
330
0
0
0
0
Number of medals or amount
of mone y awarded
22
Rs. a. p.
..
50
36
255
341
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Remarks
23
No medal awarded.
Certificates awarded.
From Local Public contribution
and grants from the Govern-
ment of Assam.
6 medals and 14 certificates
were awarded.
TABLE XIV(a)
Statement showing the Veterinary expenditure incurred in the Province of Assam during the year 1938-39
Heads of accounts
1
Veterinary charges
(a) Superintendence ...
(b) Subordinate Establishment ...
(c) Veterinary Instruction ...
(d) Hospitals and Dispensaries ...
(e) Breeding operation—
(i) Hissar Cattle ...
(ii) Other charges ...
(f) Prizes ... ...
(g) Bacteriological Research ...
(h) Camel specialist ...
Public Exhibitions and Fairs
(a) Cattle and horse fairs and
shows.
Total
A
mo
unts of expenditu
re
Cen
tral
2
Rs.
7,305
a.
0
p.
0
.
..
..
. .
..
..
. .
..
..
.
...
..
.
...
7,305 0 0
Provin
cial
3
Rs.
44,643
53,799
5,152
15,556
a.
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
1,19,150 0 0
Loca
l
4
Rs. a. p.
...
64,610 0 0
...
14,461 0 0
...
1,485 0 0
...
...
400
80,956
0
0
0
0
Total
5
Rs.
51,948
1,18,409
5,152
30,017
...
1,485
a.
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
...
...
...
400
2,07,411
0
0
0
0
Remarks
6
37
A. G. P. (Edn.) No.3—410—5-2-1940.
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM
ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR
Resolution on the Veterinary Report for the year 1938-39
Extract from the proceedings of the Government of Assam in the Educa-
tion Department, No.l26-E., dated the 10th January 1940.
READ—
The Report of the Director, Veterinary Department, Assam, for the
year 1938-39.
RESOLUTION
The year under report was a very unhealthy year for live-
stock. The total mortality from all diseases rose from 47,164 to
59,241 in the year. Out of this Rinderpest alone was responsi-
ble for 34,120 deaths as against 24,697 of the previous year and
Sylhet district sustained the heaviest loss as in the previous year.
The situation was so alarming that besides mobilising all the
reserve officers of the department, some officers of the permanent
district staff including the Johne's disease officer had to be with-
drawn to combat with the epidemics. In all 2,78,812 animals
were inoculated with the cheap Goat tissue vaccine as against
1,25,521 animals of the previous year.
The South Sylhet subdivision encountered a worst type of
epidemic of Surra amongst horses and Government note with
satisfaction that through the efforts of the circle Inspector the
situation was so successfully handled that not a single animal
had to be destroyed. There was an epidemic of anthrax in cat-
tle and men in the Naga Hills district but it was brought under
control quickly.
One of the causes to which these epidemics have been attri-
buted is the unrestricted movement of cattle. The question of
legislation was carefully considered by Government and they
have been advised that in extreme cases executive action only
can be taken to prevent such movements. Instructions have
accordingly been issued to the Director to move the Magistrates
concerned when occasion arises.
2
Government note with satisfaction the very rapid increase
in the volume of work performed by the staff showing an
increase in cases dealt with by the department from 3,06,990 to
4,70,718 during the year under report. To lighten the strain
on the overworked staff additional posts of Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons were sanctioned, but owing to the dearth of qualified
local candidates these posts could not be filled up. The 43
Veterinary Field Assistants sanctioned during the year were put
under training and on its completion have been posted to differ-
ent districts except one who got plucked in the test examination.
It has been proposed to train another batch of such Assistants
and provision for more stipends has been proposed in the next
year's budget.
In addition to this increasingly heavy normal duties, the
officers of the department took a very keen interest in the work
of the Assam Livestock Association and worked in close co-opera-
tion with the Livestock section of the Agriculture Department.
Besides inspecting breeding bulls and attending meetings of the
branch Associations, the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons secured
new members, collected subscriptions and donations for the
Associations and castrated as many as 31,300 weedy bulls in
suitable areas.
A satisfactory feature of the year was that there were only
14 cases for which medicines were supplied but not brought to
the Government Veterinary Hospitals as against 592 cases of the
previous year. This as well as the rapid expansion of work
testify to the popularity of the department for which the Direc-
tor and his staff are to be congratulated.
Rai Sahib Srish Chandra Ghosh deserves thanks for his
efficient administration of the department and also for his inter-
esting report.
By order of the Governor of Assam
S. GOHAIN,
Deputy Secretary to the Government of Assam.
A. G. P. (Edn.) No. 3—490-1-2-1940,
Annual Report of the Civil
Veterinary Department,
Assam, for the year
1939-40
SHILLONG
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1941
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Assam, for the year
1939-40
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1941
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FROM
RAI SAHIB SRISH CHANDRA GHOSE, G.B.V.C., P.G..
(Muktesar),
DIRECTOR OF VETERINARY DEPARTMENT,
ASSAM,
To
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT
OF ASSAM, EDUCATION AND LOCAL SELF-
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, SHILLONG.
Dated Gauhati, the 21st August 1940.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith the Annual Adminis-
tration Report of the Civil Veterinary Department, Assam, for
the year 1939-40.
Your obedient servant,
S. C. GHOSE,
Director of Veterinary Department,
Assam.
Report of the Civil Veterinary Department,
Assam, for the year 1939-40
PREFACE.—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
I held charge of the office of the Director of Veterinary
Department, Assam, throughout the year under report.
During the year I was on tour for 140 days and travelled 2,468
miles by rail and 6,513 miles by road.
2. The following hospitals and dispensaries were inspected
by me during the year:—The hospitals at Gauhati and Shillong
and the dispensaries at Sylhet, Kulaura, Maulvibazar, Karim-
ganj, Goalpara, Palasbari, Tezpur, Mangaldai, Nowgong,
Jorhat, Sibsagar, Mariani, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, Misa, Sootea,
Kampur and Dhing.
3. As a member of the Advisory Board of the Imperial
Council of Agricultural Research I attended the meeting of the
Board and the Ad hoc Animal Husbandry Committee and Ad
hoc Animal Diseases Committee meetings held at Simla in May
1939. I attended a Committee meeting of the Heads of De-
partments in Shillong. I visited the Government Cattle Breed-
ing Farms at Shillong, Khanapara, Sylhet and Jorhat in con-
nection with investigation of diseases of cattle and fowls, and met
in a Committee meeting held at Sylhet to review the Johne's
disease situation in the Sylhet Farm in September 1939. I
served as a member of the Minett Committee on Johne's
disease which was held at Shillong in March 1940.
A heavy burden was thrown upon me by reason of
heavy epidemics of Rinderpest in the South Sylhet Subdivision
for which I had to visit the Subdivision and organise epidemic
work in collaboration with the Subdivisional Officer, Chair-
man and Vice-Chairman, South Sylhet Local Board and the
Veterinary Inspector, Surma Valley Circle, who was specially
deputed there with a band of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
and Veterinary Field Assistants then newly employed to control
epidemics.
I personally investigated a peculiar pathological condition
in sheep in Lakhimpur district which though simulated Rinder-
pest clinically could not be confirmed as such by the Imperial
Veterinary Research Institute, Muktesar, on biological test.
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A Serious Epidemic of Foot-and-Mouth disease involving
the entire valuable stock of the Upper Shillong Farm which
maintains pure and Gross English bred cattle caused consider-
able anxiety to the Department so that I personally visited
the Farm and organised control and remedial measures.
Though the loss was negligible—only three—due to secondary
complications of Pneumonia and Pyemia, the Farm suffered
considerable pecuniary loss the stock having become unproduc-
tive for the time being. My anxiety was intensified as the
Farm supplied milk to Shillong town and the disease has
a bearing on public health.
As an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee of the
Central Livestock Improvement Association, Assam, I attended
the Committee meeting held in Shillong. I also visited certain
of the model village centres which were opened towards the
close of the year.
4. In the laboratory at Gauhati 2,269 specimens of various
kinds were examined microscopically out of which 58 specimens
proved Anthrax, 34 Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, 70 Surra, 43
Johne's disease and 2 Black Quarter. These are excluding the
specimens examined by the Veterinary Investigation Officer,
Assam.
5. The forms of Tables attached to the Annual Report of
the Civil Veterinary Department have been revised by the
Government of India in their letter No. F.17/45-37/A, dated
the 1st October 1938 and communicated to this Department by
the Local Government in their letter No. 31-E., dated the 6th
January 1939. The revised forms have been adopted from the
year under report.
VETERINARY INVESTIGATION OFFICER
6. Mr. Bhudhar Chandra Chatterjee, G.B. V.C., tem-
porary Veterinary Investigation Officer, Assam, held charge of
the office of the Veterinary Investigation Officer, Assam, up to
the 14th May 1939. He was on leave from the beginning of
the year up to the 16th April 1939. The post of the Veteri-
nary Investigation Officer, Assam, remained vacant from the
15th May 1939, to the 8th September 1939. Mr. V.R. Gopala-
krishnan, G.M.V.C., P. G. (Muktesar), who was appointed
Veterinary Investigation Officer, Assam, and joined on the 9th
September 1939, held charge for the remaining period of the
year.
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During the period Mr. V. R. Gopalakrishnan was in
charge he was on tour for 98 days and travelled 1,780 miles by
road and 3,563 miles by rail. He visited 15 villages, 12 Tea
Estates, 4 Government Farms and 2 Jail Dairies in connection
with investigation of animal diseases.
7. The following diseases were investigated by Mr. V. R.
Gopalakrishnan:—
(1) Kumri in horses, (2) Bovine Pleuro-Pneumonia, (3)
Johne's disease, (4) Theileriasis, (5) Diseases of
fowls, (6) " Grass poisoning " in cattle, (7) Helmin-
thiasis, (8) Microfilariasis in cattle, (9) Rinderpest,
(10) Bovine Infectious Lymphangitis, (11) Goat pox,
(12) Ecthyma in goat, (13) Mastitis, (14) Otacaria-
sis in buffaloes, (15) Warts, (16) Gangrene of tail,
(17) Bovine abortion and (18) Surra.
Mr. Bhudhar Chandra Chatterjee, temporary Veterinary
Investigation Officer, Assam, investigated the
following
diseases:—
(1) Anthrax, (2) Babesiosis, (3) Suspected poisoning in
elephant and (4) Rinderpest.
8. A detailed report on the work of the Veterinary Investi-
gation Officer, Assam, for the year 1939-40 has already been
submitted to the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research
through the Local Government as usual.
VETERINARY INSTRUCTIONS
9. During the year there were in all eight Assam Govern-
ment stipendiaries in the Bengal Veterinary College, Calcutta,
against six of the preceding year and they were distributed as
follows:—
First year class
...
...
Second year class
...
...
Third year class
...
...
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1
1
Two amongst the stipendiaries of the first year class failed
in the annual examination and the rest passed. One passed
the final examination and was employed by the Department
since the close of the year.
10. There was no Local Board stipendiary in the Bengal
Veterinary College from this province during the year. There
were however two private students in the Bengal Veterinary
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College from Assam in the second year class. It is however to
be regretted that both of them failed in the annual examination
of the College.
PART II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASES
11. Table 1 shows the approximate number of deaths of
animals from contagious diseases, other diseases and from other
causes. The figures for this statement have been supplied by
the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons and adopted with such check
as was possible. For obvious reasons these figures are to be
considered as only approximate.
12. From the statement it will be seen that the total
mortality from all causes was 48,317 against 59,241 of the
previous year. Rinderpest alone was again responsible for
more than half of the total mortality.
EQUINES
13. Glanders.—No death from this disease was reported
from any of the districts during this year as was also the case
last year. But a case of the disease was reported during the
close of the year from the South Sylhet Subdivision and was
destroyed under the Glanders and Farcy Act after due test since
the close of the year. This recrudescence of the highly infectious
Equine disease after long years was traced to be due to impor-
tation of the diseased horse from the Hill Tipperah.
14. Surra.—The number of deaths from this disease was
reported to be 69 in 5 districts against 104 in 6 districts in the
previous year.
15. Dourine.—As in previous year no death was reported
from this disease during the year under report.
16. Anthrax.—There were 23 deaths from this disease in 7
districts against 17 deaths in 6 districts in the previous year.
17. Other coniagious and parasitic diseases.—The number of
deaths from other contagious and parasitic diseases was repor-
ted to be 271 in 8 districts against 243 in 10 districts reported
in the previous year.
18. Other causes.—The number of deaths from other causes
was reported to be 508 in all the districts except the Garo Hills
district against 158 reported in 9 districts in the previous year.