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22. Black quarter.—This disease was not prevalent on a
large scale in the area under jurisdiction, seven out of nine out-
breaks brought to the notice of the staff were attended to and
preventive measures advised. No inoculations were conducted
against the disease.
23. Anthrax.—Fifty-seven reports were received and 38
were attended to. The nineteen reports were not attended as
the Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeons had their hands full
with Rinderpest reports and concentrated their attention on
bringing the latter disease under control. In the city of
Madras, there was occasion to perform 243 inoculations against
the disease. No vaccination with Australian spore vaccine was
conducted during the year. The disease was moderately severe
in Chingleput district.
24. Foot-and-mouth disease.—Thirteen out of sixteen reports
received were attended. There was no opportunity to employ
the treatment by chemotherapy under satisfactory conditions to
combat the disease.
25. Sheep pox.—A single instance of this disease was
brought to the notice and the same was attended to.
26. Other diseases.—Nine miscellaneous reports were
received and five were attended.
27. Surra.—A case of surra in a pony was detected and
confirmed microscopically in the institution at Saidapet. It was
as usual destroyed and the owner compensated.
28. Piroplasmosis.—A case of bovine piroplasmosis was
observed during the year.
29. Rabies.—Fifteen cases of rabies were reported. Con-
firmation was obtained in seven cases but it was not sought for
in the others.
30. Anti-rabic treatment.—Seven dogs received treatment by
Coonoor vaccine and two dogs with Mullford vaccine. Of these,
two treated with Coonoor vaccine died—the brain of one was
confirmed as rabies and in the case of the other, the result was
inconclusive. Fifty hounds of the Madras Hunt Club were also
protected with anti-rabic vaccine.
31. Fowl pest.—An outbreak of pseudo fowl pest among
crows and fowls was noticed by the staff.
IV.—MISCELLANEOUS.
32. Criminal poisoning.— Seven post-mortem certificates were
given by the staff for criminal poisoning. Three cases resulted
in conviction, one is pending, two others have not been
proceeded with and the result of the other is not known.
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33. Malicious injury.—Four certificates were granted for
malicious injury of which one case is pending and one was not
proceeded with. With regard to the other two, results are not
known.
34. Government livestock.—The calves of the King Institute,
Guindy, were quarantined and examined. Government bullocks
of Palur Cattle Farm, were treated at the Veterinary Dispen-
sary, Tindivanam, and the conservancy bullocks of Sembiam
Union were inspected during the year. The stud bulls main-
tained by the Chingleput District Board at Ambattur and
Poonamalle were examined by the Second Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Saidapet, during the year.
35. The supervision, maintenance and services of the breed-
ing bull of the Agricultural Department stationed in the
Veterinary Dispensary at Conjeeveram were looked after by the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in charge.
36. Meat inspection.—During the year under review only
one municipality, viz., Cuddalore, utilized the services of the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in charge of the local veterinary
institution for meat inspection. The Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon inspected 6,535 sheep and goats and condemned 163
animals partly as unfit for human consumption, for various
reasons.
37. Fairs and shows.—The annual cattle fair allowed to be
held during the year under review was duly attended to by the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon.
38. Propaganda work.—Lectures were given in two places
with magic lantern slides with the help of one of the Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons deputed from the College. Many other
villages were visited and the ryots were spoken to with regard
to outbreaks of Rinderpest and its control.
39. Investigation and research,—A very interesting case of
chronic meningitis in a young thoroughbred race horse was
treated in the Veterinary Hospital, Saidapet, but the animal
was not benefited by the treatment and consequently it was
destroyed. Post-mortem revealed capillary hæmorrhage in the
cranial cavity and accumulation of large quantity of watery
fluid in the spinal canal.
40. Bacteriological cases.—The staff submitted 242 speci-
mens for microscopical examination of which 81 were declared
positive for various diseases.
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41. The headquarter institutions at Saidapet and Cuddalore
were each supplied with a microscope and the Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon in charge of the Veterinary Hospital at
Cuddalore "examined about eleven specimens out of 242
mentioned in paragraph 10.
42. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.—Only
one case was remanded to the Veterinary Dispensary at
Trivellore.
43. Lethal chambers.—All the lethal chambers in this circle
were periodically inspected by the staff.
V.—GENERAL REMARKS.
44. Livestock export.—No animals were exported from
Cuddalore and Porto Novo during the year.
45. Village officers.—Eleven cases of slackness on the part
of the village munsifs in reporting the prevalence of contagious
diseases were detected and reported to the Collectors concerned
for necessary disciplinary action.
46. The Municipalities at Saidapet, Chingleput, Conjee-
veram, Villupuram and Cuddalore have all maintained cattle
mortality registers and furnished monthly statements.
47. Office staff.—The work of the office staff continued to
be satisfactory.
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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
TRICHINOPOLY CIRCLE, FOR THE YEAR
1929-30.
I.—ADMINISTRATION.
This report relates to the new Trichinopoly circle compris-
ing Tanjore and Trichinopoly districts opened by Mr.
W. J. D'Costa, on the forenoon of 12th June 1929 with head-
quarters at Trichinopoly.
2. Before the opening of this circle, Trichinopoly district
was under the jurisdiction of the District Veterinary Officer,
Madura, and Tanjore district was under the jurisdiction of the
District Veterinary Officer, Madras, from 1st April 1929 to
11th June 1929.
3. Mr. W. J. D'Costa was in charge of this circle from its
opening to the end of the year.
4. Mr. W. J. D'Costa was on tour for 111 days. All the
institutions of this circle except the Veterinary Hospitals,
Trichinopoly, Tanjore and Kumbakonam were inspected twice
including a surprise visit to Veterinary Dispensary, Lalgudi, on
the 17th March 1930. The touring billets of Ariyalur, Musiri,
Mayavaram and Tiruturaipundi divisions were inspected twice
while those of Tanjore and Trichinopoly were done only once.
He visited the local Veterinary Hospital while at headquarters.
5. The building for the location of the Veterinary Dispen-
sary, Lalgudi, was selected by him.
6. He demonstrated to the Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in
charge of the Veterinary Dispensary, Mayavaram, and Touring
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Mayavaram, the method of draw-
ing blood and preparing virus for serum simultaneous inocula-
tions. He attended the inoculation camp conducted by the
Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Tiruturaipundi, at
Vadakovanur, Mannargudi taluk.
7. He selected sites for the construction of permanent
buildings for the Veterinary Dispensary, Mayavaram and
inspected the permanent buildings under construction for the
Veterinary Dispensary, Negapatam.
8. He inspected the port of Adirampatnam to study the
conditions prevailing there at the time of export of cattle and
the work that is being done by the Touring Veterinary Assist-
ant Surgeon, Tiruturaipundi, in granting certificates for export
animals.
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9. He exhibited some slides of veterinary interest with the
Agricultural Motor Exhibition van magic lantern at Vaduvur
Mannargudi taluk.
10. The annual cattle fairs held at Samayapuram, Trichi-
nopoly district, and at Nirathanallur of Tanjore district were
visited by him.
11. The Circle office was inspected by the Director of
Veterinary Services, Madras, during the year in the month of
August.
12 He attended the opening of the Agricultural Demon-
stration Car by the Chief Minister in June last at Trichinopoly.
II.—EXECUTIVE STAFF.
13. There were in all nineteen Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons on 31st March 1930, ten in charge of veterinary
institutions, five in charge of touring billets, one as second
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Veterinary Hospital, Kumba-
konam, one as additional Veterinary Assistant Surgeon and
two on leave. The post of second Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Veterinary Hospital, Trichinopoly, was vacant from
the afternoon of 4th February 1930 onwards as the Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon had been posted as acting Veterinary Assist-
ant Surgeon in charge of the Veterinary Dispensary, Lalgudi,
vice the permanent incumbent granted leave. A probationary
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon was posted for training under
the Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Tiruturaipundi,
from the afternoon of 27th September 1929 to the afternoon of
9th January 1930 He was transferred as House Surgeon,
Madras Veterinary College. In his place another Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon was posted as (1) acting Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon in charge of the Veterinary Dispensary, Lalgudi, from
1st February 1930 to 11th February 1930; (2) as additional
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Perambalur, from 13th February
1930 to 23rd March 1930 and (3) as additional Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon, Mannargudi, from 24th March 1930 to the
end of the year. The headquarters of the Touring Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon, Mayavaram, was moved from Nannilam to
Mayavaram during the year. There was no casualty among
the staff of this circle during the year.
(a) Hospitals and Dispensaries.
14. There were nine institutions in the circle at the opening
and a Veterinary Dispensary was opened at Lalgudi on 1st Sep-
tember 1929 which increased the number of institutions to ten.
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15. The number of cases treated at the veterinary institu-
tions of this circle during the year under review is 15,103
while the number of cases supplied with medicines but not
brought to institutions was 481. The attendance of the
Veterinary Dispensary, Nannilam, was not satisfactory and this
could be attributed to the Veterinary Assistant Surgeon's
absence on itinerating duty.
(b) Touring Establishments.
16. There were six Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
excluding second Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Veterinary
Hospital, Kumbakonam, and Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in
charge of the Veterinary Dispensary, Nannilam, who attended
the outbreak reports in their respective taluks in addition to
their hospital work.
17. The number of cases both contagious and non-conta-
gious treated on tour was 3,967 out of which 2,586 come
under contagious cases and the balance of 1,381 come under
non-contagious cases.
18. The number of castrations done by the staff of this
circle including those at veterinary institutions was 678 out of
which the number of castrations done by Burdizzo method
alone was 574. The rest were performed by ligature method.
Out of the total number of 678 castrations performed in this
circle and referred to above, 232 were done on tour.
III.—CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES.
19. Rinderpest.—Eight hundred and fifty-six reports of
Rinderpest were received by the itinerating staff of this circle
out of which 95 remained unattended owing to inadequate staff.
The disease was very severe in the taluks of Papanasam,
Mannargudi, Tirutturaippundi, Negapatam and Nannilam of
Tanjore district and Udayarpalayam and Perambalur of Trichi-
nopoly district. The provisions of the Madras Cattle Disease
Act were enforced in the whole of Tanjore district till
13th November 1929 and were re-enforced in the taluks of
Tirutturaippundi, Mannargudi, Pattukkottai and Arantangi till
the end of the year.
Twenty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-one inocula-
tions were performed by the staff of this circle against Rinderpest
by the serum simultaneous method and 60 inoculations were
performed by serum alone method. Out of 25,281 serum
simultaneous inoculations performed and referred to above,
2,953 were performed with local virus,
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20. Anthrax.—Sixteen reports of anthrax were received
by the staff of this circle of which only one remained unattend-
ed as the disease subsided at the time of the visit to the
village. No inocluations were carried out against this disease
during the year.
21. Blackquarter.—Twenty-seven reports of blackquarter
were received by the staff of this circle while only 10 of them
were attended and the remaining 17 reports were not attended
owing to want of progress reports and subsidence of the disease
at the time of visit of the villages concerned by the staff of
this circle. No inoculations were carried out as the disease
subsided.
22. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Forty-three reports of this
disease were received by the itinerating staff of this circle of
which five remained unattended owing to want of progress reports
and subsidence of the disease at the time of the visit to the
villages concerned. No inoculations were performed against
this disease during the year.
23. Foot-and-mouth disease.—Eleven reports were received
by the staff of this circle and three were not attended as most of
the time of the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons was spent in
their attending Rinderpest reports.
24. Alimentary troubles.—Three reports of these diseases
were received by the Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon,
Tirutturaippundi, and all of them were attended promptly by
him.
25. Bovine Lymphangitis.—At the Veterinary Dispensary,
Negapatam, vaccine treatment was given to two bullocks which
presented typical clinical symptoms of Bovine Lymphangitis.
There was decided improvement after the vaccination. The
Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Tirutturaippundi, sub-
mitted pus from cases of Bovine Lymphangitis to Principal,
Madras Veterinary College, for preparation of vaccine.
26. Fowl-cholera.—Nine fowls were vaccinated with fowl-
cholera vaccine during the year at the Veterinary Hospital,
Trichinopoly.
27. Urethral Calculi.—One urethral calculus was removed
from a bullock at the Veterinary Dispensary, Ariyalur, and
the same sent to the Director of Deficiency Diseases Enquiry
at Coonoor for analysis. The Director reported that the stone
contained 3.5 per cent moisture, 1.2 per cent nitrogen, 41.2 per
cent Cao and 4.02 percent Mgo, Oxlate nil. He also reported
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that the stone contained only traces of nitrogen, that tests for
carbonates were positive and that it contained for the most part
of a mixture of Calcium and Magnesium Carbonates.
28. Surra.—Only one case was detected in a pony by the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in charge of Veterinary Hospital,
Trichinopoly, and the result of the microscopical examination
was positive and the pony was therefore destroyed and a
compensation of Rs. 25 was paid to the owner.
29. Piroplasmosis.—Three cases of piroplasmosis, viz.., rare
Theileria specia in one bullock; piroplasma canis in one fox
terrior and piroplasma bigeminum in a. bull calf were confirmed
during the year.
30. Rabies.—Out of 18 cases suspected of this disease 11
were confirmed microscopically and in the rest confirmation was
not sought for. Five dogs and one bullock received anti-rabi-
treatment.
31. Other diseases.— Nine miscellaneous reports were
received by the Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Tiruttu-
raippundi, out of which three were attended and six were not
attended as it was learnt by him that the disease had subsided.
IV.— MISCELLANEOUS.
32. Bacteriological.—Two hundred and sixty-nine specimens
were submitted to the Principal, Madras Veterinary College,
Madras, for microscopical examination of which 97 were declared
to be positive.
33. Criminal poisoning.—No cases of this sort were brought
to the notice of the staff of this circle during the year.
34. Malicious injury.—Ten post-mortem and wound certifi-
cates were granted by the staff during the year.
35. Meat inspection.—The municipalities of Trichinopoly,
Tanjore, Kumbakonam and Tiruvarur and the Union Board of
Ariyalur have entrusted the inspection of meat to the Veteri-
nary Assistant Surgeons in charge of veterinary institutions at
the respective places and this was done regularly by the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons. Seven hundred and sixty-three
cattle and 166,264 sheep and goats were certified during the
year by the staff. Thirty-five cattle and 234 sheep and goats
were partly condemned and 12 cattle and 1,777 sheep and goats
were wholly condemned.
36. Municipal.—All the Municipal Councils were requested
to adopt by-laws regarding control of dangerous diseases of
animals in their municipalities and relating to maintenance of
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registers of cattle mortality and reporting of outbreaks of con-
tagious diseases to the staff of this department. The munici-
pal councils of Mayavaram, Tiruvarur, Mannargudi of Tanjore
district and Srirangam of Trichinopoly district have adopted
the by-laws. The municipal councils of Kumbakonam. and
Karur have already adopted the by-laws. As regards Tanjore.
a reply has not yet been received from the Chairman, Munici-
pal Council.
37. Lethal chambers.—The municipal councils of Mayavaram
and Tiruvarur have resolved to construct lethal chambers in
their respective municipalities and information that the work
has been started has been received. The lethal chambers of the
municipal councils of Trichinopoly and Kumbakonam which
were in need of repairs have been set right and they are now
working properly.
38. Fairs and shows.—The subordinate staff attended the
annual cattle fairs held at Samayapuram in Trichinopoly
district and at Neerathanallur and Kabistalam of Tanjore
district. The Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Tanjore,
who was posted to cattle fair duty at the two latter places
remarked that as the two fairs were held at one and the same
period, there would be no use if the duration of the cattle fair at
Kabistalam was not changed so as not to clash with the dura-
tion of the cattle fair at Neerathanallur. The weekly cattle
fair at Tirutturaippundi was closed owing to prevalence of
Rinderpest in and around Tirutturaippundi.
39. Government Livestock.—The animals at the Borstal
Institution, Tanjore, were protected against Rinderpest during
the year. There is a breeding bull belonging to the Agricul-
tural department under the charge of the Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon in charge of the Veterinary Dispensary, Mayavaram.
The same was inspected by Mr. W. J. D'Costa, the then District
Veterinary Officer, during his inspection of the institution.
The second Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Veterinary Hospital,
Kumbakonam, visited the Government Cattle Farm at Adu-
turai and protected 1 the conservancy bullocks of Kumbakonam
Municipality by the serum-simultaneous method against
Rinderpest.
40. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals cases.—
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act was
extended during the year to Kumbakonam Municipality and the
veterinary institution at that place was declared to be an infirm-
ary under the Act. Thirty-five bovines were remanded to the
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Veterinary Hospital, Trichinopoly, and six bovines to the Vete-
rinary Hospital, Tanjore. No animals were remanded to the
Veterinary Hospital, Kumbakonam, under the Act during the
year.
41. Propaganda work.—The staff of this circle took keen
interest in popularizing this department and explaining the
benefits of this department. The Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons, Tanjore and Tirutturaippundi, and second Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon, Veterinary Hospital, Kumbakonam, accom-
panied the Agricultural Motor Exhibition Van during its tour
in their jurisdiction and carried out propaganda work. Atten-
tion, in this connexion, is invited to paragraph 9 of this report
wherein it has been stated that Mr. W. J. D'Costa during his
visit to Adirampatnam to study the conditions prevailing at the
said place at the time of export of cattle availed himself of
an opportunity of the availablity of the Agricultural Motor
Exhibition Van and exhibited slides of veterinary interest at
Vaduvur to the public.
42. Buildings.—The permanent buildings for the Veteri-
nary Dispensary, Negapatam, are under construction and Mr.
W. J. D'Costa during his inspection of the Veterinary Dispen-
sary, Negapatam, in February 1930, visited the works and has
remarked that the work will be completed within six months.
The question of constructing permanent buildings at Mayava-
ram and Tiruvarur is still pending. In the case of the latter,
the Collector of Tanjore has been requested by the Director of
Veterinary Services, Madras, to arrange for the acquisition of
lands and in the case of Mayavaram the selection of a site is still
pending. It is a matter for regret to note, in this connexion, that
the site offered by the Municipal Council, Mayavaram, as a gift
to this department for the construction of the permanent build-
ings was not only insufficient but also unsuitable for building
purposes. Various other items of work such as the construction
of cattle ward, quarters for menials, etc., in the Veterinary
Hospital, Trichinopoly, improvements to both the Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon's and compounder's quarters in the Veterinary
Hospital, Tanjore, and the constructions of water-trough in the
Veterinary Hospital, Kumbakonam, for which estimates were
already approved and countersigned are still pending execution
by the Public Works Department.
43. Introduction of revised scale of fees in veterinary institu-
tions.—The introduction of revised scales of fees referred to in
G.O. No. 1546, Development, dated 14th September 1928, has
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to a certain extent, affected the Veterinary Hospital, Tanjore,
and the same has not affected the veterinary institutions at
Trichinopoly and Kumbakonam.
V.—GENERAL REMARKS.
44. The staff had to complain against four village officers for
slackness in reporting outbreaks of diseases promptly and two
of them were fined and the case of two others is not yet known.
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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
MADURA CIRCLE FOR THE YEAR 1929-30
1.—ADMINISTRATION.
1. In the beginning of the year under report, this circle
comprised four districts, viz., Trichinopoly, Madura, Ramnad
and Tinnevelly. Consequent on the opening of a new circle
with headquarters at Trichinopoly, the jurisdiction of this
circle was limited to three districts and Trichinopoly district
was transferred to the control of the new circle Mr. A. Rama-
chandra Ayyar held charge throughout the year. Trichinopoly
district was under his control till the 12th June 1929, the date
on which the new circle was formed.
2. He was on tour for 169 days, inspected the Veterinary
Hospital at Tinnevelly and the Veterinary Dispensary at Kodai-
kanal thrice and the remaining veterinary institutions twice
during the year. When Trichinopoly district was under his
control, he inspected once the Veterinary Hospital at Trichino-
poly. Each of the above mentioned institutions was inspected
by him once in detail.
3. All the offices of the Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons were inspected by him twice during the year, once in
detail and the office of the Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Trichinopoly, was also inspected by him once in
detail. He attended the annual cattle fairs at Madura,
Sivalapperi and Tiruchendur. He also inspected the Govern-
ment Live-stock at Koilpatti during the course of his inspection
of the office of the Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon,
Koilpatti, and found all of them healthy.
4. Sites and Buildings.—Before the opening of the Trichino-
poly Circle, he selected a building for the location of the new
Circle Office and made arrangements with the Temple Committee
at Lalgudi for the opening of a Veterinary Dispensary therein
their buildings. He also selected a Government building for
the location of the Veterinary Dispensary at Ramnad which was
till then located in a rented building. At Virudunagar, conse-
quent on the opening of a new Deputy Tahsildar's office, the