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TABLE IV
Showing the number of animals treated and castrated by Veterinary Assistant Surgeons on tour during the year 1936-37
Province
1
Silchar ...
Palonghat ...
Hailakandt
...
Stationary Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeon
Sylhet Farm.
Sylhet Local Board ...
Karimganj ...
Patharkandi ...
Maulvibazar ...
Kulaura ...
Habiganj ...
Shaistaganj ...
Sunamganj ...
Jagannathpur ...
Aijal ...
Shillong ...
Kohima
...
Number of villages visited
2
370
274
403
44
270
317
320
302
346
198
943
505
303
34
57
9
Number of Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons employed
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Castrations performed
Equine8
4
...
...
...
...
4
6
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
Bovines
6
584
456
724
...
353
1,188
417
845
1,337
750
129
452
445
...
4
2
Others
6
3
2
14
...
63
10
17
63
68
10
76
12
37
7
...
1
Total
7
587
458
738
...
420
1,204
435
898
1,405
760
1,204
464
482
8
4
3
Treated for contagious
diseases
Equines
8
1
4
5
...
1
7
1
1
22
...
2
2
4
...
...
1
Bovines
9
747
444
904
6
567
627
984
231
940
1,126
950
293
379
10
3
36
Others
10
6
2
16
...
101
8
21
3
6
1
3
24
...
...
53
16
Total
11
764
450
926
6
669
542
1,006
235
968
1,127
955
319
383
10
56
53
Treated for non-contagious
diseases
Equines
12
22
38
50
1
33
29
83
79
244
48
103
186
27
111
13
69
Bovines
13
1,624
1,879
1,906
489
3,669
2,255
1,717
2,761
1,216
1,667
5,255
3,141
7 2
172
98
27
Others
14
83
26
90
177
340
141
130
81
101
34
116
94
21
55
19
57
Total
15
1,679
l,838
2,046
667
4,042
2,425
1,930
2.921
1,661
1.749
5,474
3,731
760
338
130
153
Total number
of cases treated
and castrations performed
16
3,020
2,846
8,709
672
5,131
4,171
3,371
4,054
3,934
3,636
7,633
4,504
1,625
356
190
209
Remarks
17
27
Tura ...
Dhubri ...
Sukchar
...
Bilashipara ...
Goalpsra
...
Abhoyapuri ...
Gauhati ...
Nalbari ...
Barpeta ...
Patacharkuchi ...
Tezpur ...
Behali ...
Sootea ...
Mangaldai ...
Tangla ...
Nowgong ...
Misa ...
Marigaon ...
Sibsagar ...
Nazira ...
Jorhat ...
Mariani ...
Majnli ...
Golaghat
...
Badlipar ...
Dibrogarh
...
Tinsuaia ...
Sadiya ...
North Lakhimpur ...
Dhakuakhana ...
Staff,
Reserve
and
Temporary
Vete-
rinary Assistant Sur-
geons.
Total ...
55
265
104
265
221
190
256
232
274
217
316
272
428
188
243
338
407
293
345
320
806
322
221
352
143
292
446
134
874
177
844
13,134
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
12
58
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
1
3
4
8
...
...
1
6
1
15
3
6
1
4
1
1
...
2
...
...
1
..
.
71
...
545
396
798
663
198
298
438
656
465
362
421
703
481
664
1.431
687
1.108
513
431
674
696
929
415
393
487
609
637
860
670
454
26,585
...
25
59
18
4
8
7
203
6
25
43
28
82
29
8
88
40
17
34
42
62
9
25
67
36
56
53
12
69
42
10
3,573
...
570
455
816
667
206
305
644
602
491
408
453
788
510
672
1,520
732
1,126
562
476
632
706
958
483
430
643
664
649
929
713
464
29,229
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
6
1
1
1
1
...
3
...
26
8
5
1
...
5
9
2
14
...
...
7
34
170
...
1,533
288
532
786
555
272
331
628
335
383
169
488
165
169
70
20
998
990
152
432
455
679
141
73
664
l,031
109
123
602
3,666
24,720
...
13
...
3
...
...
2
2
...
3
48
10
20
4
1
...
5
...
58
41
62
40
2
49
24
84
171
21
...
29
6
960
...
1,548
288
635
786
555
274
333
529
338
437
180
509
170
11
70
28
93
1,074
201
499
496
581
195
100
750
1,216
133
128
438
3,705
25,850
...
62
49
183
66
81
4
66
114
15
76
68
61
20
28
09
36
12
85
86
60
81
17
86
72
142
24
29
6
108
71
3,221
...
778
2.166
1,594
2,489
1,005
1,348
3,846
1,979
2,526
1,718
1,376
1,248
1,840
1,779
3,083
2,640
3,387
747
1,057
2,163
1,803
1,695
2,168
1,128
1,282
2,372
1,886
2,4:6
2.468
1,335
86,843
...
74
103
81
22
79
61
230
148
13
141
49
210
42
41
171
87
5
66
73
108
67
27
166
111
337
383
56
79
89
6
4,696
...
914
2,308
1,868
2,577
1,765
1,418
3,942
2,241
2,553
1,935
1,483
1,479
1,902
1,848
8,353
2,713
3,404
398
1,216
2,331
1.901
1,739
2,370
1,311
1,761
2,995
1,971
2,567
2,665
1,412
94,760
...
8.032
3,051
3,209
4,030
2,526
1.992
4,919
3,432
3,382
2,780
2,116
2,776
2,682
2,681
4,943
3,473
5,433
2,534
1,893
3,462
3,103
3,278
3,018
1,841
3,054
4,875
2,53
3,624
3,816
5,581
1,48,839
28
TABLE V
Statement showing the number of animals treated and castrated at Veterinary Hospitals and dispensaries during
the year 1936-37
District
1
Gauhati
... ...
Silchar ... ...
Shillong ... ...
Total
...
...
Number of Veterinary Dispensaries
2
1
1
1
3
Number of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
employed
3
1
1
1
3
Number of in-patients
treated
during the
year
Equines
4
19
10
30
59
Bovines
6
27
25
18
70
Other animals
6
19
41
71
151
Total
7
65
76
119
260
Number
of out-patients
treated during the year
Equines
8
161
186
266
611
Bovines
9
1,146
1,641
312
3,098
Other animals
10
607
377
1,141
2,125
Total
11
1,913
2,203
1,718
5,834
Grand total of in-patients and out-
patients treated during the year
12
1,978
2,279
1,837
6,094
Total number of cases supplied with
medicines but not brought to hospitals
13
...
193
16
209
Castrations performed
Equines
14
4
...
2
6
Bovines
16
126
124
...
250
Other animals
16
163
88
8
243
Total
17
283
206
10
499
Receipts
18
Rs.
457
316
328
1,102
a.
4
8
12
8
p.
0
0
0
0
Expe ndi t
ur e
19
Rs.
2,511
1,941
2,628
6,280
a.
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
30
TABLE VII
Statement showing the total strength of Subordinate Veterinary Staff employed during the year 1936-37
District or subdivision
1
Silchar
...
...
Hailàkandi ... ...
North Sylhet ... ...
Karimganj ... ...
South Sylhet ... ...
Habiganj ... ...
Sunamganj ... ...
Khasi and Jaintia Hills ...
Naga Hills ... ...
Dhubri
...
...
Goalpara ... ...
How occupied
2
Inspection ...
Staff ...
Stationary ...
Reserve ...
Itinerating ...
Ditto ...
Stationary ...
Itinerating ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto and in charge of
hospital.
Itinerating ...
Ditto ...
Inspection ...
Resarve ...
Itinerating ...
"Whether paid from
provincial or local
funds
3
Provincial ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Provincial and local ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Provincial ...
Provincial and local ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Provincial ...
Ditto ...
Ditto and local ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Veterinary Inspectors
4
1
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons
5
...
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
...
|
1
2
Subordinate teaching
staff
6
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks
7
31
Gauhati
...
...
Barpeta ... ...
Tezpur
... ...
Mangaldai ... ...
Nowgong ... ...
Sibsagar ... ...
Jorhat
...
...
Golaghat ... ...
Dibrugarh
...
...
North Lakhimpur ... ...
Garo Hills ... ...
Lushai Hills ... ...
Sadiya Frontier Tract ...
Inspection ...
Staff ...
stationary
...
Reserve ...
Temporary ...
Itinerating ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Inspection ...
Reserve ...
Itinerating ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Total ...
Total employed on the 1st
April 1936.
One Temporary post of
Johne's Disease officer in
the grade of Veterinary
Inspectors
sanctioned
during the year.
Total on the 31st March
1937.
Provincial ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Provincial and local ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Provincial ...
Ditto ...
Provincial and local ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Provincial ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
......
1
...
...
... f(a)
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
64
65
...
1
2
5
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
60
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
(a) Johne's disease officer.
32
TABLE VIII
Return of Stud Bulls for the year 1936-37
District
1
Cachar
...
...
...
Sylhet ... ... ... ...
Khasi and Jaintia Hills
...
...
Goalpara ... ... ... ...
Kamrup ... ... ... ...
Darrang ...
... ... ...
Nowgong ... ... ... ...
Sibsagar ... ... ... ...
Lakhimpnr
...
... ...
Naga Hills ... ... ...
Sadiya Frontier Tract ... ...
Total ...
Property of Government
Number on the 1st April
1986
2
11
12
2
6
25
1
4
15
5
1
...
81
Obtained during
the year
Number
3
2
25
...
3
2
...
2
6
...
...
...
40
Average price
paid
4
RS.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Casualties during the
year
5
8
...
...
2
11
...
...
4
6
1
...
26
Balance remaining on
the 31st March 1937
6
10
37
2
6
16
1
6
17
...
...
...
95
Property of local bodies
Number on the 1st
April 1936
7
1
4
...
1
...
1
...
3
1
...
1
12
Obtained during
the year
Number
8
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
2
...
15
Average price
paid
9
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Casualties during the
year
10
1
3
...
1
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
7
Balance remaining on
the 31st March 1937
11
10
1
...
...
...
...
...
6
1
2
1
20
Remarks
12
33
TABLE XIV
Abstract of particulars regarding Cattle Fairs and Shows held during the year 1936-37
District
1
Cachar ... ... ... ...
Sylhet ... ... ... ...
Nowgong
...
...
...
...
Kamrup
...
... ... ... ...
Total ... ... ...
Nu mb e r of C a t t l e Fai rs and
Shows hel d
2
1
1
4
1
7
Number of stock present
Bulls
3
100
28
19
1,000
1,147
Bullocks
4
200
16
8
...
224
Cows
5
150
54
27
...
231
Young stock
6
100
...
23
...
123
Buffaloes
7
700
...
...
...
700
Camels
8
...
...
...
...
...
Othters
9
50
...
...
...
50
Average price of animal sold
Bulls
10
Rs.
25
......
......
20
22
a.
0 0
0
8
p.
0
0
Bul l
ocks
11
RS.
20
......
......
......
20
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
Cows
12
RS.
16
......
...
......
16
a.
0
...
0
p.
0
0
34
TABLE XIV—concld.
Abstract of particulars regarding Cattle Fairs and Shows held during the year 1936-37—concld.
District
Cachar
...
... ...
Sylhet ...
...
...
...
Nowgong
...
... ...
Kamrup
...
...
...
Total ... ... ...
Average price of
animal sold
concld.
Buffaloes
13
Rs.
35
35 0 0
a.
0
...
...
...
p.
0
Camels
14
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
Amo u n t r e a l i s e d in fees
15
RS.
607
..
..
600
1,007
a.
0
.
.
0
0
p.
0
0
0
Tot al n u m b e r o f a n i m a l s t hat
competed for prizes
16
...
88
78
...
176
Prize money provided
From Imperial Funds
17
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
Prom Provincial Funds
18
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
From Local Funds
19
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
From other sources
2
0
Rs.
10
...
19
a.
...
0
...
0
p.
0
0
Total
2
1
Rs.
19
.
.
19
a.
...
0
..
..
0
p.
0
0
Number of medals or amount of
money awarded
22
Rs.
.
19
.
.
19
a.
..
0
..
..
0
p.
0
0
Remarks
23
35
TABLE XIV (a)
Statement showing the Veterinary expenditure incurred in the province of Assam during the year 1936-37
Heads of accounts
1
Veterinary charges
(a) Superintendence ... ...
(b) Veterinary Instruction ...
(c) Subordinate Establishment ...
(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 ...
Amount of expenditure
Central
2
Rs.
8,795
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
8,795
a.
0
.
0
p.
0
0
Provincial
3
Rs.
44,280
8,372
48,211
10,651
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,01,514
a.
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
Local
4
Rs.
...
...
60,662
12,064
659
...
...
...
...
...
200
73,585
a.
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
Total
5
Rs.
53,075
3 372
1,03,873
22,715
659
...
...
...
...
...
...
200
1,83,894
a.
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Remarks
6
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM.
Orders by the Governor.
RESOLUTION ON THE VETERINARY REPORT FOR
THE YEAR 1936-37.
Extract from the proceedings of the Government of Assam in the Education Depart-
ment, No. 2788-E., dated the 15th November 1937.
READ—
The Report of the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Assam,
for the year 1036-37.
RESOLUTION.
The year under report was a bad year for Cattle. There
were outbreaks of rinderpest throughout the province the disease
being particularly prevalent in the districts of Lakhimpur, Sylhet,
Cachar, Goalpara and Nowgong. Fortunately inoculation with
Goat-Tissue vaccine has now passed the experimental stage in
Assam and prophylactic treatment by this method was given to
1,11,859 cattle during the year. The report mentions that but
for the introduction and success of this method it would have
been necessary during the year to purchase anti-rinderpest serum
at a cost of Rs.42,000 instead of spending the small sum of only
Rs.900 on the purchase of Goat-Tissue vaccine.
The
most important advantage in the use of this treatment is not,
however, so much its cheapness as the fact that it confers an
immunity which lasts for some years as compared with an
immunity of only some ten days conferred by the Serum
treatment.
2. Investigations into Johne's disease in cattle continued
and a special Veterinary Inspector was appointed for this pur-
pose during the year. This disease has been the subject of
considerable public interest and a separate communique on
the
matter will be issued by Government. The success
achieved by the Department in the previous year in the treat-
ment of equine surra continued. Horse lovers will be glad to
hear that the destruction of horses for surra under the Glan-
ders and Farcy Act should now be regarded as thing of
the past. Experiments for the protection of animals from An-
thrax by the use of Anthrax-Spore-Vaccine were undertaken
and gave good results.
2
3. The Veterinary Department worked during the year in
close co-operation with the Livestock Section of the Agricultural
Department for the all important purpose of the improvement
of livestock in the province. Over 28,000 weedy bulls were
castrated during the year and the officers of the Department
took a lively interest in the work of the Assam Livestock Associa-
tion. The success or failure of the scheme for improving live-
stock in Assam depends mainly on the Veterinary and Livestock
Departments working in the closest co-operation and Govern-
ment attach the very greatest importance to securing this
result.
4. The total number of cases treated during the year (ex-
cluding castrations) was 1,20,610 against 1,12,680 in the prece-
ding year and the number of castrations rose from 25,334 to
28,229. The report mentions that the volume of work per-
formed is a record in the history of the Department and that the
staff is no longer adequate to cope with it. Government appre-
ciate the need for increasing the staff and a scheme for reorga-
nization of the Department is now under their consideration.
5. The report shows that the Department has done another
year of satisfactory work and that its services to the public are
being appreciated. The thanks of Government are due to Rai
Sahib Srish Chandra Ghose for his efficient management of the
Department during the year and for his interesting report.
ORDER :—Ordered that the Resolution be published in the
Assam Gazette.
By order of the Governor of Assam,
G. S. MULLAN,
Secretary to the Government of Assam,
Education and Local Self-Government
Departments
A. G. P. (Edn.) No. 4—484—25-11-1937.
Annual Report of the Civil
Veterinary Department
Assam, for the year
1937-38
SHILLONG
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM GOVERNMENT PRESS
1938
Price annas 9 or 10s.
Annual Report of the Civil
Veterinary Department
Assam, for the year
1937-38
SHILLONG
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM GOVERNMENT
1938
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No. R1-1/2983
FROM
RAI SAHIB SRISH CHANDRA GHOSE, G.B.V.C, P.G.
(Muktesar),
SUPERINTENDENT, CIVIL VETERINARY
DEPARTMENT, ASSAM,
To
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY TO THE GOVERN-
MENT
OF ASSAM, EDUCATION
AND
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS,
SHILLONG.
Dated Gauhati, the 25th July 1938.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith the Annual Adminis-
tration Report of the Civil Veterinary Department, Assam, for
the year 1937-38.
Your obedient servant,
S. C. GHOSE,
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department, Assam.
Report of the Civil Veterinary
Department, Assam, for the
year 1937-38
PREFACE—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
I held charge of the office of the Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, Assam, throughout the year under
report. During this period I was on tour for 178 days and
travelled 5,651 miles by rail and 7,639 miles by road.
2. The following hospital and dispensaries were inspected
by me during the year :—Shillong (Hospital), Silchar, Sylhet,
Sylhet Local Board, Sunamganj, Jagannathpur, Dhubri, Suk-
char, Bilashipara, Barpeta, Patacharkuchi, Goalpara, Abhoya-
puri, Tura, Nalbari, Palashbari, Mangaldai, Tangla, Tezpur,
Sootea, Behali, Nowgong, Jorhat, Majuli, Mariani, Sibsagar,
Nazira, Golaghat, Badlipar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and North
Lakhimpur.
3. As a member of the Advisory Board of the Imperial
Council of Agricultural Research I attended the meetings of the
Board held at Delhi in November 1937 and in March 1938;
I also attended a meeting of the Veterinary Committee held in
Delhi in November 1937. I visited the Government Farms at
Sylhet, Shillong, Jorhat and Titabar in connection with investi-
gation of diseases of cattle and fowls and also had to make
extensive tour in connection with epidemics of Rinderpest. I
also gave lecture and supervised demonstration of the Anti-
Rinderpest Serum inoculation to 115 Assistant Medical Officers
of Tea Estates in different centres of the Lakhimpur, Sibsagar
and Darrang districts. I served as a member of the Ware
Committee held in Shillong to review the Johne's disease situa-
tion and devise means to control the disease. I also attended
the Governing Body meeting of the Central Livestock Improve-
ment Association, Assam, and worked as an ex-officio member
of the Executive Committee of the Association.
4. In the laboratory at Gauhati 2,929 specimens of various
kinds were examined microscopically out of which 74 specimens
proved Anthrax, 39 Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, 21 Surra, 12
Johne's disease, 4 Black Quarter and 1 Avian Tuberculosis.
These are excluding the specimens examined by the Veterinary
Investigation Officer, Assam.
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In the previous year 3,251 specimens were examined out of
which 64 proved to be Anthrax, 29 Hæmorrhagic Septicaemia,
76 Surra, 3 Black Quarter and 47 Johne's disease.
VETERINARY INVESTIGATION OFFICER
5. Mr. P. G. Pande, M.SC, M.R.C.V.S., held the post of the
Veterinary Investigation Officer, Assam, throughout the year
except for one month from the 15th June 1937 to the 14th July
1937 when he was on leave and no substitute was appointed.
He was on tour for 148 days and travelled 5,588 miles by road,
3,132 miles by rail, 142 miles by boat. He visited 43 villages,
5.2 Tea Estates and 3 Government Farms in connection with his
investigation work. In all he examined 594 specimens in his
laboratory. He sent 98 specimens to the Imperial Veterinary
Research Institute for examination and confirmation.
He was on deputation for a short course of training at the
Imperial Veterinary Research Institute, Muktesar, from the
25th September 1937 to the 25th October 1937.
6. He investigated into the following diseases during the
year:—
1. Johne's disease.
2. Rabbit diseases
(a) Septicaemia.
(b) Coccidiosis.
3. Rinderpest—Serum Simultaneous inoculation in cross-
bred animals.
4. Anthrax.
5. Stephanofilariasis.
6. Kumri.
7. Theileriasis in calves.
8. Grass poisoning in cattle.
9. Fowl diseases—
(a) Tuberculosis of fowls.
(b) Doyle's Disease in fowls.
10. Pigeon Diptheria.
11. Contagious Bovine Pleuro-pneumonia.
12. Bovine abortion.
13. Septic Pneumonia in buffalo calves.
14. Mastitis in goat.
15. Vaginitis in heifer.
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7. A detailed report on the work of the Veterinary Investiga-
tion Officer, Assam, for the year 1937-38 has already been
submitted to the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research
through the Local Government.
8. The term of the post of the Veterinary Investigation
Officer has been extended for one year and it is proposed that
he should continue further investigation during the next year on
the line of the programme made out for the year.
VETERINARY INSTRUCTION
9. During the year there were six Assam Government stipen-
diaries in the Bengal Veterinary College, Calcutta, distributed
as follows:—
First year class
Second year class
Third year class
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One stipendiary of the First year class and one of the Third
year class failed in their annual examinations and all the rest
passed. One passed the final examination and was absorbed in
the department since the close of the year.
10. There was no Local Board stipendiary in the College
from this province during the year.
PART II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASES
11. Table II shows the approximate number of deaths of
animals from contagious and other diseases as well as deaths
from other causes. The figures for this statement have been
supplied by the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons and adopted with
such check as was possible; the figures should be considered as
only approximate for obvious reasons.
12. The statement shows that the total mortality was
47,164. As in the last year Rinderpest was responsible for more
than half of the total mortality. This year also out of the total
mortality of 47,164 Rinderpest alone was responsible for 24,697
deaths. In the previous year the total mortality was reported
to be 41,643.
EQUINES
13. Glanders.—No case of death from this disease was report-
ed from any of the districts during the year.
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14. Surra.—The number of deaths from this disease was
reported to be 10 in 4 districts against 70 in 5 districts of the
previous year. It should however be stated that equine Surra
cases are now successfully treated.
15. Dourine.—As in previous years the province was free
from this disease.
16. Anthrax.—Twenty-five deaths were reported from 5
districts against 28 reported from 6 districts in the previous year.
17. Other diseases.—During the year 229 deaths were report-
ed from other diseases against 153 deaths reported in the pre-
vious year.
18. Other causes.—The number of deaths under this head
was reported to be 191 against 250 of the previous year;
BOVINE (CATTLE AND BUFFALOES)
19. Rinderpest.—This disease was prevalent in all the dis-
tricts except the Naga Hills and the Lushai Hills. The total
mortality was reported to be 24,697 against 22,019 of the pre-
vious year. The district of Sylhet suffered the heaviest loss.
20. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—The number of deaths from
this disease was reported to be 2,455 in 9 districts against 2,129
in 8 districts reported last year.
21. Foot and Mouth disease.—This disease was reported from
all the districts except Khasi and Jaintia Hills and Lushai Hills.
The total mortality was 1,758 reported from 11 districts against
1,201 reported from the same number of districts in the previous
year.
22. Black-quarter.—The number of deaths from this disease
was 134 reported from 8 districts against 23 from 5 districts in
the previous year.
23. Anthrax.—The number of deaths from this disease was
2,179 reported from 8 districts against 1,407 deaths reported
from the same number of districts in the last year.
24. Surra.—Only 1 case of death from surra in cattle was
reported ; no death was reported last year.
25. Other diseases.—The number of deaths from other diseas-
es was reported to be 6,119 against 3,714 of the last year.
26. Other causes.—The number of deaths was reported to be
+4,815 under this head against 6,854 of the previous year.