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APPENDICES.
TABLE II.—Statement showing number of deaths from Contagious
Diseases
amongst
animals
during
the year 1925-26. (Paragraphs 6 to 11)—
concld.
District.
(1)
Myitkyina ...
Bhamo ...
Katha ...
Upper Chindwin
Lower Chindwin
Shwebo ...
Sagaing ...
Mandalay ...
Kyauksè ...
Yamèthin ...
Myingyan ...
Meiktila ...
Pakôkku ...
Minbu ...
Magwe ...
Thayetmyo ...
Total ...
Grand total for L.
and U. Burma,
1925-26.
N. Shan States ...
S. Shan States ...
Grand Total for the
Province, 1925-26.
Grand Total for the
Province, 1924-25.
Equines.*
Columns.
(2-7)
Surra
Surra
Surra
Surra
...
...
...
Surra
...
...
...
Surra
...
...
...
Glanders
Surra
2
1
31
25
4
5
68
68
2
140
210
195
Bovines.
Rinderpest.
(8)
367
331
364
...
17
777
520
503
228
173
430
89
462
1,693
46
4,136
10,136
28,894
12,865
2,824
44,583
14,081
Foot-and-mouth
disease.
(9)
21
...
886
...
...
58
8
148
5
...
4
2
...
5
...
6
1,143
2,352
324
1,566
4,242
2,402
Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia†.
(10)
Black quarter.†
(11)
10
...
48
248
10
6
23
5
2
7
3
6
188
39
...
1
596
1,840
35
242
2,117
1,739
Anthrax.
(12)
Other Conta-
gious diseases.
(13)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
138
Total.
(14)
398
331
1,298
248
27
841
551
656
235
180
437
97
650
1,737
46
4,143
11,875
33,086
13,224
4,632
50,942
18,360
Ot her s .
(15)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
* There is no system of registration in force in Burma.— Military Police Register 16 deaths from surra,
3 from anthrax, 3 tetanus, and 82 from other causes.
† These diseases are not differentiated by villagers or headmen, but arc considered as different manifest-
ations of anthrax, and so are included under this heading.
APPENDICES.
19
TABLE III.—Statement showing Results of Preventive Inoculation during the
year 1925-26 (Paragraph 12).
District.
(1)
Myitkyina ...
Blamo ...
Katha ...
Lower Chindwin
Shwcho ...
Saging ...
Mandalay ...
Pakôkku ...
Kyauksè ...
Myingyan ...
Meiktila ...
Minbu ...
Thayetmyo ...
Akyab ...
Kyankpyu ...
Sandoway ...
Bassein ...
Henzada ...
Myaungmya ...
Prome ...
Tharrawaddy ...
Insein ...
Hanthawaddy ...
Rangoon ...
Pegu ...
Toungoo ...
Thatôn ...
Amherst ...
Salween ...
Northern Shan
States.
Total for 1925-26
Total for 1924-25
Name of diseases
against which inocula-
tion was carried out.
(2)
Rinderpest.
...
...
Method of inocula-
tion.
(3)
Se r
um alone method.
...
...
Number of outbreaks
in which inoculation
was undertaken.
(4)
5
22
10
1
39
15
22
29
20
31
24
7
19
48
4
9
145
38
7
24
56
12
5
1
63
34
3
32
1
17
743
535
Number of animals died
un-inoculated in course
of outbreak.
Equines.
(5)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines.
(6)
84
88
142
1
138
193
160
277
106
184
206
28
553
627
398
223
936
158
90
219
349
64
27
18
726
311
13
200
...
70
6,589
4,578
Others.
(7)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of animals
inoculated.
Equines.
(8)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines.
(9)
1,430
1,924
848
78
3,411
10,414
2,236
6,065
1,984
4,615
3,598
1,384
1,902
7,612
679
1,002
9,020
2,677
440
1,768
4,069
1,064
1,387
258
8,410
3,059
381
3,865
37
1,238
86,855
63,205
Others.
(10)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
inoculated ani-
mals which died
of the disease.
Equines.
(11)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines.
(12)
28
27
...
...
...
9
27
...
3
22
13
5
7
103
24
71
21
22
...
7
41
6
...
6
6
14
...
25
...
11
498
380
Others.
(13)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
20
APPENDICES.
TABLE IV.—Statement showing the number of Animals treated and castrated by Veterinary Assistants on tour during the
year 1925-26 (Paragraphs 3 and 10 to 11).
District.
(1)
Akyab ...
Kyaukpyu
...
Sandoway ...
Hanthawaddy ...
Insein ...
Pegu ...
Prome
...
Tharrawaddy ...
Toungoo ...
Bassein ...
Henzada ...
Myaungmya ...
Ma-ubin ...
Pyapôn ...
Amherst
...
Tavoy ...
Mergui ...
Thaôn ...
Salween ...
Rangoon and Insein
Total ...
Number of villages visited.
(2)
1,539
370
372
1,280
909
1,600
1,654
1,751
1,722
1,522
1,535
1,001
851
672
1,199
375
218
1,156
126
...
19,918
Number of Veterinary Assis-
tants employed.
(3)
9
3
1
8
7
9
7
7
7
9
7
5
5
4
10
3
1
6
1
5
114
Castration performed.
Equines.
(4)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
.
...
...
Bovines.
(5)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Others.
(6)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
(7)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Treated for Contagious Diseases.
Equines.
(8)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
Bovines.
(9)
629
982
282
638
610
1,533
1,000
1,728
676
1,212
706
371
330
23
694
1
11
102
177
...
11,711
Others.
(10)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
3
Total.
(11)
629
982
282
638
010
1,533
1,000
1,731
676
1,213
706
371
336
23
697
1
11
102
177
...
11,718
Treated for non-Contagious Diseases.
Equines.
(12)
22
23
5
105
51
77
210
472
105
65
127
...
38
49
98
45
21
161
29
...
1,763
Bovines.
(13)
2,625
1,076
620
3,082
1,161
2,324
3,588
3,985
3,189
3,268
3,153
1,626
2,623
2,312
4,053
1,260
431
2,499
295
...
43,170
Others.
(14)
6
55
23
33
24
90
47
104
28
65
44
23
16
37
175
53
36
194
19
...
1,072
Total.
(15)
2,653
1,154
648
3,220
1,236
2,491
3,845
4,561
3,382
3,398
3,324
1,649
2,677
2,398
4,326
1,358
488
2,854
343
...
46,005
Total number of cases treated
and castrations performed.
(16)
3,282
2,136
930
3,858
1,846
4,024
4,845
6,292
4,058
4,611
4,030
2,020
3,013
2,421
5,023
1,359
499
2,956
520
...
57,723
APPENDICES.
21
Myitkyina ...
Bhamo ...
Katha ...
Upper Chindwin ...
Lower Chindwin
...
Shwebo
...
Sagaing
...
Mandalay ...
Kyauksè
...
Yamèthin ...
Mvingvan ...
Meiktila ...
Pakôkku
...
Minbu
...
Magwe
...
Thayetmyo ...
Total ...
GRAND TOTAL, 1925-26
GRAND TOTAL, 1924-25
Veterinary Inspectors,
Lower Burma.
Veterinary Inspectors,
Upper Burma.
Veterinary Inspectors,
Southern
Shan
States.
Veterinary Inspectors,
Northern
Shan
States.
Veterinary Assistants,
Southern Shan
States.
Veterinary Assistants,
Northern
Shan
States.
588
1,637
2,164
892
1,321
1,878
1,240
1,560
875
1,678
1,189
894
939
972
1,436
1,069
20,332
40,250
39,808
2,068
2,051
...
261
...
1,084
4
7
11
5
6
9
6
6
3
7
6
5
8
4
7
5
99
213
214
11
11
1
1
...
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
22
3
3
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
4
...
...
1
37
41
29
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,686
429
5,367
5
736
1,092
183
774
115
512
357
784
628
651
1,544
2,204
17,067
28,778
23,440
3,609
234
...
...
...
1,076
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
22
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,686
430
5,389
8
739
1,092
183
775
115
512
357
786
632
651
1,544
2,205
17,104
28,822
23,491
3,609
234
...
...
...
1,076
431
349
737
73
325
340
669
200
155
426
410
434
704
266
315
159
5,993
7,756
7,513
45
35
...
...
...
553
1,485
4,335
3,370
3,198
3,979
3,340
2,393
3,138
1,229
3,155
2,465
2,631
2,157
1,559
2,389
2,249
43,072
86,242
79,612
150
159
...
...
...
17,509
17
286
12
52
111
42
148
128
80
70
221
136
373
125
156
47
2,004
3,076
2,903
25
...
...
...
...
151
1,933
4,970
4,119
3,323
4,415
3,722
3,210
3,466
1,464
3,651
3,096
3,201
3,234
1,950
2,860
2,455
51,069
97,074
90,028
220
194
...
...
...
18,213
3,619
5,400
9,508
3,331
5,154
4,814
3,393
4,241
1,579
4,163
3,453
3,987
3,866
2,601
4,404
4,660
68,173
1,25,896
1,13,519
3,829
428
...
...
...
19,289
22
APPENDICES.
TABLE V.—Statement showing the number of Animals treated and castrated at Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries
during the year 1925-26. (Paragraphs 14 and 15.)
Province.
(1)
BURMA.
Insein ... ...
Pakôkku ...
Myingyan ...
Prome ...
...
Pegu
... ...
Total for 1925-26 ...
Total for 1924-25 ...
Number of Veterinary Dispen-
saries.
(2)
1
1
1
1
1
5
5
Number of Veterinary Assistants
employed.
(3)
1
1
2
1
3
8
6
Number of in-patients treated
during the year.
Equines.
(4)
17
1
188
1
8
215
266
Bovines.
(5)
11
1
54
...
8
74
67
Other animals.
(6)
274
5
2
4
18
303
333
Total.
(7)
302
7
244
5
34
592
666
Number of out-patients treated
during the year.
Equines.
(8)
164
236
i,084
139
245
1,868
1,998
Bovines.
(9)
2,140
203
834
97
1,544
4,798
4,705
Other animals.
(10)
1,184
214
510
192
570
2,670
3,102
Total.
(11)
3,488
653
2,408
428
2,359
9,336
9,805
Grand total of in-patients and
out-patients treated during the
year.
(12)
3,790
600
2,652
433
2,393
9,928
10,471
Total number of cases supplied
with medicines but not brought
to Hospitals.
(13)
1,348
111
80
123
485
2,147
725
Castration performed.
Equines.
(14)
5
...
...
...
...
5
3
Bovines.
(15)
..
...
1
...
...
1
11
Other animals.
(16)
3
2
...
...
...
5
7
Total.
(17)
8
2
1
...
...
11
21
Recei pt s .
(18)
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
884
104
Expe ndi t
ur e .
(19)
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
2,333
21,415
APPENDICES.
23
TABLE VII.—Statement showing total strength of Subordinate Veterinary
Staff employed during the year 1925-26. (Paragraph 3).
Province.
(1)
Burma
Northern Shan
States.
Southern Shan
States.
How occupied.
(2)
In School and
Colleges.
District,
Lower
Burma.
District,
Upper
Burma.
...
...
Total for 1925-
26.
Total for 1924
25.
Whether paid
from Provincial
or Local Funds.
(3)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Veterinary
Inspectors.
(4)
...
11
11
1
1
24
24
Veterinary
Assistants.
(5)
1
(a)113
(b)99
...
...
213
214
Subordinate
teaching
staff.
(6)
2 Deputy
Superinten-
dents.
1 Assistant
Instructor.
2 Deputy
Superinten-
dents.
4 Deputy
Superinten-
dents.*
8 Deputy
Superinten-
dents.†
1 Assistant
Instructor.
8 Deputy
Superinten-
dents.
1 Assistant
Instructor.
Remarks.
(7)
(a) Viz. District 89
Reserve 10
Frontier 3
Flying
9
Head-
2
quarters.
113
(b) Viz. District 87
Reserve 9
Frontier 3
99
* One officia-
ting Super-
intendent,
Civil
Veterinary
Department.
† One
has
since
retired.
24
APPENDICES.
TABLE XIVA.*—Statement showing the cost of the Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment in the Province of Burma during the Financial year 1925-26.
Major Heads.
(1)
Superintendence
...
...
Veterinary Instruction ...
Subordinate Establishment
...
Hospitals and Dispensaries
...
Breeding Operations ...
Prizes
... ... ...
Fairs and Shows
...
...
Contribution to District Funds on
account of Veterinary Assistants.
Total for 1925-26 ...
Total for 1924-25 ...
Amount.
Federation.
(2)
Rs.
...
576
4,629
...
2,907
...
...
...
8,112
4,774
Provincial.
(3)
Rs.
72,295
20,279
3,53,498
2,332
22,082
...
...
...
4,70,486
5,26,628
Local.
(4)
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13,245
Total.
(5)
Rs.
72,295
20,855
3,58,127
2,332
24,989
...
...
...
4,78,598
5,44,647
Remarks.
(6)
* As furnished by the Accountant-General, Burma.
G.B.C.P.O.—No. 84, D. of A., 27-11-26—310.
Report
ON THE
Civil Veterinary Department, Burma
(INCLUDING THE INSEIN VETERINARY SCHOOL)
For the Year ended the 31st March 1927
Rangoon
Superintendent, Government Printing and Stationery, Burma
1927
Price,—Rs. 1-4-0 = 1s. 11d.].
Report
ON THE
Civil Veterinary Department, Burma
(INCLUDING THE 1NSEIN VETERINARY SCHOOL)
For the Year ended the 31st March 1927
Rangoon
Superintendent, Government Printing and Stationery, Burma
1927
LIST OF AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION
IN BURMA.
AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, Rangoon.
BISWAS & Co., 30, Lewis Street, Rangoon.
BRITISH BURMA PRESS BRANCH, Rangoon.
BURMA BOOK CLUB, LTD., Post Box No. 1068, Rangoon.
INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST BOOK DEPôt. Post Box No. 971, Rangoo
MODERN PUBLISHING HOUSE, LTD.. Rangoon.
NEW LIGHT OF BURMA PRESS, 49, Phayre Street. Rangoon.
RANGOON TIMES PRESS, Rangoon.
MAUNG LU GALE, Law Book Depôt, 42, Ayo-o-gale, Mandalay.
BURMA PUBLISHING CO., 71, Upper Main Road, Moulmein.
IN INDIA.
BUTTERWORTH & Co. (India), Ltd., Calcutta.
S. K. LAHIRI & CO., 56, College Street. Calcutta.
W. NEWMAN & CO., Calcutta,
THACKER SPINK & CO., Calcutta and Simla.
D. B. TARAPOREVALA, SONS & CO., Bombay.
THACKER & CO., LTD., Bombay.
HIGGINBOTHAM & CO., Madras.
IN EUROPE.
The publications are obtainable either direct from the Office of the HIGH*
COMMISSIONER FOR INDIA, 42. Grosvenor Gardens, London. S.W. 1, o
through any booksellers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
REPORT ON THE CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT (INCLUDING THE
INSEIN VETERINARY SCHOOL), BURMA, FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31ST MARCH 1927.
General Administration ... ... ... ...
II.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
VETERINARY COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.
The Insein Veterinary School ... ... ...
The Taunggyi Veterinary School
... ... ...
III.—TREATMENT OF DISEASES.
(1) CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Arakan Sub-Circle ... ... ... ...
South-Eastern Circle ... ... ... ...
South-Western Circle ... ... ... ...
Central Circle ... ... ... ...
Northern Circle ... ... ... ...
Northern Shan States
Southern Shan States ... ... ... ...
(2) PREVENTIVE INOCULATION.
Serum injection performed during outbreaks of disease ...
(3) OTHER DISEASES.
Number of deaths ... ... ... ... ...
(4) VETERINARY HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
Insein Veterinary Hospital ... ... ... ...
District Dispensaries ... ... ... ... ...
IV.—GENERAL NOTES.
Cattle Disease ... ... ... ... ...
Supply of Serum
...
... ... ... ...
Cattle Disease Rules ... ... ... ... ...
Registration ... ... ... ... ...
Expansion of the Department ... ... ... ...
Recommendations ... ... ... ... ...
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RESOLUTION
ON THE
Report on the Civil Veterinary Department, Burma
(including the Insein Veterinary School)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST MARCH 1927.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of Burma, Agricultural Department
(Ministry of Forests).—No. 230-O. dated the 29th September 1927.
READ—
(i) The Report by the Director of Agriculture and Officer-in-charge, Civil
Veterinary Department, Burma, on the Civil Veterinary Department,
Burma (including the Insein Veterinary School), for the year ended the
31st March 1927.
(ii) The Review of the Report by the Financial Commissioner (Transferred
Subjects), Burma, contained in his Secretary's letter No. 469—IV-47. dated
the 21st September 1927.
RESOLVED that the Report and the Review be published.
By order,
A. R. MORRIS,
Secretary to the Government of Burma,
Forest Department.
BURMA.
No. 469—IV.-47.
FROM
U SAW HLA PRU, B.A., B.L., A.T.M.,
Officiating Secretary to the Financial Commissioner, Burma
Transferred Subjects).
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
BURMA, FOREST DEPARTMENT.
Dated Rangoon, the 21st September 1927.
SUBJECT.—Report on the working of the Civil Veterinary Department for the
year ending the 31st March 1927.
SIR,
I am directed to submit the report on the Civil Veterinary
Department for the year ending the 31st March 1927.
2. The statistics show another disastrous year in respect of
rinderpest. In Burma Proper the deaths (according to the statistics)
were even more numerous than in 1925-26, but there was a considerable
decrease in the Northern Shan States. The fluctuations of this disease
are described in paragraph 16 of the Report.
Mr. Blake in the Report
for 1924-25 gave some remarkable evidence of the untrustworthiness of
the statistics. The average rate of mortality according to the returns
would give the cattle an average life of upwards of 50 years and the
number of hides exported was far in excess of the total of the deaths
recorded. However, it is probable that the returns of deaths from
rinderpest are less defective than the returns of deaths from all
causes together; and the figures for deaths from contagious diseases,
as the Development Commissioner remarked in commenting on the
1924-25 Report, have some value for purposes of comparison. The report
for 1924-25 mentions a graph, which, however, was not printed with the
Report. It would be convenient to have printed annually with the
Report a graph of the annual deaths from each of the three principal
heads of contagious disease from the beginning of the statistics.
3. The optimism which the reports of the Deputy Commissioners
according to paragraph 18 of this Report, show regarding the working of
the segregation rules, and which appears elsewhere in the Report
regarding the control of rinderpest by the efforts of the Veterinary
Assistants and Inspectors, ignores the fact which the statistics indicate,
that the Department has not yet achieved effective general control over
this disease and that the country has had to undergo in the last two
years another of the great periodical increases of the disease.
There
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regard to the collecting of information and the devising of plans for
dealing with the main problem of rinderpest. It is hoped that proposals
will shortly be submitted to Government on this subject.
7. The Officiating Financial Commissioner (Transferred Subjects) has
little personal knowledge of the work of the officers who are commented
upon in the last paragraph of the Report. It is to be recorded to the
honour of the Veterinary College that 2 members of the teaching staff
and 2 pupils had to be treated for rabies during the year.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
SAW HLA PRU,
Secretary.
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REPORT ON THE CIVIL VETERINARY DEPT., BURMA,
U Pe (2) continued to hold charge of the Shwebo Sub-Circle, with
headquarters at Shwebo.
The sanction of the Local Government to the reorganization of the
Provincial and Subordinate Services of the Department was conveyed
in Agricultural Department letter No. 304-O, dated the 27th September
1926, to the address of the Development Commissioner, Burma.
Summarised the orders are :—
(1) No changes so far as Deputy Superintendents are concerned.
(2) Creation of 1 post of Asssistant Principal at the Veterinary
School, Insein.
(3) Creation of 5 posts of Lecturers at the Veterinary School,
Insein.
(4) Creation of 4 additional posts of Inspectors.
(5) Creation of 53 additional posts of Veterinary Assistants.
(6) Raising the scale of pay of Inspectors from Rs. 125—5—175
per mensem to Rs. 140—8—180 — 8—220 per mensem.
(7) Raising the scale of pay of Veterinary Assistants from Rs. 40—
2—50—3—80—5/3—90 per mensem to Rs. 50—3—80—120—10/3—150
per mensem.
The posts of Deputy Superintendents in charge of the (1) Arakan,
(2) Pegu, (3) Tharrawaddy and (4) Meiktila Sub-Circles remained vacant
pending the issue of the reorganization orders.
The posts of Lecturers at the School also remained vacant pending
a decision as to the proper standard of entry for students.
Tables IV
and VII.
3. Subordinate Establishment.—As in the previous year 24 Veteri-
nary Inspectors were employed, viz., 11 in Lower Burma, 11 in Upper
Burma and 1 in each of the Northern and Southern Shan States.
As the reorganization scheme did not have reference to the Federa-
ted Shan States the Commissioner, who was consulted, agreed to take
over the two posts on behalf of the Federation.
The Veterinary Inspector at Hsipaw, in the Northern Shan States,
is due to retire on the 1st April 1927.
U Po Thet, Veterinary Inspector, Bhamo, died on the 17th January
1927 and U Lu Pe, Veterinary Inspector, Henzada, died on the 5th
March 1927.
The Inspectors in Lower Burma visited 2,401 villages and attended
352 outbreaks of contagious diseases, the average touring of each
Inspector being 248 days. This includes the work done by the Flying
Column Inspector.
In Upper Burma, the Inspectors visited 2,298
villages and attended 352 outbreaks of contagious diseases, the average
touring for each Inspector being for 223.7 days.
Veterinary Assistants.—There were 226 Assistants employed during
the year including Flying Column Veterinary Assistants, Frontier
FOR THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST MARCH 1927.
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Veterinary Assistants and Reserve Veterinary Assistants who were
distributed as follows :—
Central Circle
... ...
South-East and South-West Circles
Northern Circle ... ...
Veterinary School ... ...
...
...
...
...
Total
...
45
... 121
...
59
... 1
... 226
Thirteen passed pupils were appointed as Veterinary Assistants
during the year, viz., 6 to Lower Burma and 7 to Upper Burma. Two
failed students who passed later in the year were posted to Lower
Burma, making in all 15 passed students, of whom 8 were posted to
Lower Burma and 7 to Upper Burma. There were 4 casualties during
the year, viz. 1 by retirement, 1 by death, 1 by resignation and 1 by
dismissal.
The Assistants in Lower Burma visited 22,606 villages, attended
2,236 cases of contagious diseases and were out on tour for 23,309 days
or an average of 191 days.
In Upper Burma, the Veterinary Assistants visited 19,477 villages,
attended 1,138 outbreaks of contagious diseases and were out for 21,716
days, the average number of days spent on tour being 208. The total
number of cases treated on tour was 174,511 cases against 125,896 cases
in the year previous.
II.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
Veterinary Colleges and Schools.
Table I
4. Insein Veterinary School.—On the 1st April there were 15 pupils on
the roll, all belonging to Class C. The final examination was held in July
and 13 pupils passed. Three obtained more than 75 per cent. of the total
marks, five more than 66 per cent. and the remainder more than 50
per cent. These pupils were obliged to remain in residence during the
whole of the annual vacation in April and May owing to the absence of
another class to deal with the hospital work. They were, however,
granted three weeks' holidays before being given appointments.
The
two pupils who failed were re-examined in September and again failed.
They eventually passed the examination held in December and were
given appointments in January.
A fresh batch of 20 pupils was admitted in June 1926. Of these, one
left voluntarily in October. At the end of six months it was found that
four others had little aptitude for the work and permission was obtained
to remove them from the school and to withdraw their stipends. One
pupil was dismissed in February for a breach of discipline. On the
31st March 1927 there were therefore only 14 pupils on the roll. This
new class is composed of boys with a VII Standard Vernacular or Anglo-
Vernacular qualification. This step was taken pending Government's