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22
APPENDICES.
STATEMENT VI.—Showing the Types of Insanity of the Lunatics.
Class.
RANGOON.
Remaining on 31st December of
the preceding year.
Admitted during the year ...
Total treated ...
Discharged
Recovered ...
Improved ...
Not Improved ...
Otherwise ...
Escaped ... ... ...
Died ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December 1924
MINBU.
Remaining on 31st December of
the preceding year.
Admitted during the year ...
Total treated ...
Discharged
Recovered ...
Improved ...
Not Improved ...
Otherwise ...
Escaped ...
...
...
Died ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December 1924
PROVINCIAL TOTAL.
Remaining on 31st December of
the preceding year.
Admitted during the year ...
Total treated ...
Discharged
Recovered ...
Improved ...
Not Improved ...
Otherwise ...
Escaped ... ... ...
Died ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December 1924
13
14
15
III.—Insanity of
Insanity due to
Cannabis Indica or
its preparations or
derivatives.
Males.
7
3
10
3
...
...
...
...
...
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
3
10
3
...
...
...
...
...
7
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
7
3
10
3
...
...
...
...
...
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
3
10
3
...
...
...
...
...
7
Insanity from
other causes.
Males.
3
...
3
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
3
...
3
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
3
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
Dementia Præcox.
Males.
15
28
43
4
3
...
...
...
2
34
3
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
18
28
46
4
3
...
...
...
2
37
Females.
3
3
6
...
2
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
3
6
...
2
...
...
...
...
4
Total.
18
31
49
4
5
...
...
...
2
38
3
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
21
31
52
4
5
...
...
...
2
41
APPENDICES.
23
in the Lunatic Asylums in Burma during the year 1924—contd.
16
Infective, Toxic, and other general conditions)—concld.
Dementia (primary or secondary).
Secondary or
Terminal
Demential.
Males.
27
2
29
...
...
...
...
...
4
25
3
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
30
2
32
...
...
...
...
...
4
28
Females.
10
...
10
...
...
...
...
...
1
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
10
...
10
...
...
...
...
...
1
9
Total.
37
2
39
...
...
...
...
...
5
34
3
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
40
2
42
...
...
...
...
...
5
37
From organic
cerebral diseases
other than syphilitic.
Males.
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
From arterial
disease ; senile.
Males.
20
2
22
...
...
...
1
...
6
15
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
21
2
23
...
...
...
1
...
6
1 6
Females.
8
2
10
...
1
...
...
...
3
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
2
10
...
1
...
...
...
3
6
Total.
28
4
32
...
1
...
1
...
9
21
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
29
4
33
...
1
...
1
...
9
22
From epilepsy.
Males.
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
From injury.
Males.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
24
APPENDICES.
STATEMENT VI.—Showing the Types of Insanity of the Lunatics in the
Lunatic Asylums in Burma during the year 1924—contd.
1
Class.
RANGOON.
Remaining on 31st December of the
preceding year.
Admitted during the year ...
Total treated
...
Discharged ...
Recovered ...
Improved ...
Not improved ...
Otherwise ...
Escaped ... ... ...
Died ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December 1924 ...
M1NBU.
Remaining on 31st December of the
preceding year.
Admitted during the year ... ...
Total treated ...
Discharged ....
Recovered
...
Improved ...
Not improved ...
Otherwise ...
Escaped ... ... ...
Died ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December 1924 ...
PROVINCIAL TOTAL.
Remaining on 31st December of the
preceding year.
Admitted during the year ... ...
Total treated ...
Discharged ....
Recovered ...
Improved ...
Not improved ...
Otherwise ...
Escaped ... ... ...
Died ... ... ...
Remaining on 31st December 1924
17
Declared to have
recovered or not yet
diagnosed.
Males.
4
10
14
1
...
...
1
...
...
12
9
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
13
10
23
1
...
...
1
...
...
21
Females.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
4
10
14
1
...
...
1
...
...
12
9
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
13
10
23
1
...
...
1
...
...
21
18
Total.
Males.
687
167
854
71
16
...
7
...
83
677
130
...
130
2
...
...
...
...
...
128
817
167
984
73
16
...
7
...
83
805
Females
129
37
166
3
6
...
...
...
20
137
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
129
37
166
3
6
...
...
...
20
137
Total.
816
204
1,020
74
22
...
7
...
103
814
130
...
130
2
...
...
...
...
...
128
946
204
1,150
76
22
...
7
...
103
942
APPENDICES.
25
STATEMENT VII.—Showing Ætiological Factors and Associated Conditions
in the patients admitted in the Lunatic Asylums in Burma during
1924.
Ætiolgical Factors and Associated Conditions.
A. Heredity—
1. Insane ... ...
2. Epiletic ... ...
3. Neurotic ... ...
4. Marked eccentricity ...
5. Alcoholism ... ...
B. Mental instability as revealed by—
1. Moral deficiency ...
2. Congenital mental defect ...
3. Eccentricity ... ...
4. Previous attack ...
C. Deprivation of Special Senses—
1. Smell or taste ... ...
2. Hearing ... ...
3. Sight ... ...
D. Critical Periods—
1. Puberty and adolescence ...
2. Climacteric ... ...
3. Senility ... ...
E. Child Bearing—
1. Pregnancy ... ...
2. Parturition ... ...
3. Lactation ... ...
Predisposing
Cause.
M.
13
...
...
...
...
1
4
...
37
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
...
T.
13
...
...
...
...
1
4
...
37
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
2
...
Exciting
Cause.
M.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
M.
13
...
...
...
...
1
4
...
37
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
...
T.
13
...
...
...
...
1
4
...
37
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
2
...
N.B.—Observation Cases are excluded from this statement.
These totals represent the entire number of instances in which several causes (either alone or in combina-
tion with others) were considered to have produced the mental disorder. The aggregate of these totals
including "No cause assignable" and " No cause ascertained" will, of course, exceed the total number of
patients, the excess being due to the combinations.
26
APPENDICES.
STATEMENT VII.—Showing Ætiological Factors and Associated Conditions
in the patients admitted in the Lunatic Asylums in Burma during
1924—continued.
Ætiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
F. Mental Stress—
1. Sudden ... ...
2. Prolonged ... ...
G. Diseases due to disorders of nutrition
or mentabolism—
1. Malnutrition (in early life) ...
2. Privation and starvation ...
3. Over-exertion (Physical) ...
4. Sexual excess ...
H. Infective and Toxic—
1. Alcohol ... ...
2. Opium and morphia ...
3. Cocaine ... ...
4. Cannabis Indica ...
5. Acute infective diseases ...
6. Tuberculosis ... ...
7. Syphilis, acquired ...
„
congenital ...
8. Plague ... ...
9. Influenza ... ...
10. Other toxins ... ...
I. Traumatic—
1. Injuries ... ...
2. Operations ... ...
3. Sunstroke ... ...
Predisposing
Cause.
M.
...
22
...
6
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
F.
...
9
...
6
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
T.
...
31
...
12
4
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
1
Exciting
Cause.
M.
5
...
...
...
...
...
20
4
...
11
8
...
4
...
...
...
6
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
T.
5
...
...
...
...
...
20
4
...
11
11
...
4
...
...
...
6
...
...
...
Total.
M.
5
22
...
6
4
...
20
4
...
11
8
...
4
...
...
...
6
1
...
...
F.
...
9
...
6
...
2
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
T.
5
31
...
12
4
2
20
4
...
11
11
...
4
...
...
...
6
2
...
1
These totals represent the entire number of instances in which several causes (either alone or in combina-
tion with others) were considered to have produced the mental disorder. The aggregate of these totals
including " No cause assignable " and " No cause ascertained " will, of course, exceed the total number of
patients, the excess being due to the combinations.
APPENDICES.
27
STATEMENT VII.—Showing Ætiological Factors and Associated Conditions
in the patients admitted in the Lunatic Asylums in Burma during
1924—concluded.
Ætiological Factors and Associated Conditions.
J. Diseases of the Nervous System—
1. Disease of the brain ...
2. Disease of the spinal cord and
nerves.
3. Epilepsy ... ...
4. Other defined neuroses ...
K. Other Bodily Afflictions—
1. Diseases of the blood ...
2. Diseases of the circulatory system
3. Diseases of the valves of the heart
4. Diseases of the digestive system
5. Diseases of the urinary organs ...
6. Diseases of the generative system
(excluding syphilis.)
7. Other general affections ...
Total ...
L. No cause assignable—
M. No cause ascertained—History
defective.
GRAND TOTAL ...
Predisposing
Cause.
M.
1
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
3
...
95
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
2
...
27
...
...
...
T.
1
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
5
...
122
...
...
...
Exciting
Cause.
M.
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
62
...
...
...
F.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
T.
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
....
65
...
...
...
Total.
M.
1
...
4
...
...
2
...
...
...
3
...
157
2
52
211
F.
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
2
...
30
...
12
42
T.
1
...
4
...
...
4
...
...
...
5
...
187
2
64
253
These totals represent the entire number of instances in which several causes (either alone or in combina-
tion with others) were considered to have produced the mental disorder. The aggregate of these totals
including " No cause assignable " and " No cause ascertained " will, of course, exceed the total number of
patients, the excess being due to the combinations.
28
APPENDICES.
* STATEMENT No. VIII—Showing the Cash Account § of the
years
Name of Asylum.
(1)
Rangoon ...
Minbu ...
Total for 1924
Total for 1923
Total for 1922
Receipts.
Received from
the treasury.
(2)
Rs.
2,22,997
23,744
2,46,741
2,34,885
2,36,602
A.
2
4
6
14
11
P.
0
3
3
1
8
Received from
paying patients.
(3)
Rs.
52,655
A.
5
P.
10
...
52,655
49,558
48,620
5
1
2
10
11
9
Value of stores
received from
Manufacturing
Department,
less cost of
raw materials.
(4)
Rs.
23,911
2,668
26,579
25,004
22,455
A.
7
2
10
15
1
P.
11
8
7
3
6
Book receipts
i. e., the total of
expenditure
entered
in columns
19, 20 and 21.
(5)
Rs.
15,886
2,046
17,932
16,251
11,412
A.
3
6
9
0
13
P.
0
0
0
6
6
Miscellaneous
receipts.
(6)
Rs.
1,536
1,497
3,033
3,153
5,448
A.
0
5
5
11
2
P.
3
3
6
0
0
Name of Asylum.
(1)
Rangoon ...
Minbu ...
Total for 1924
Total for 1923
Total for 1922
Charges—continued.
Contingencies.
Contingencies
proper.
(13)
Rs.
30,745
4,320
35,066
30,860
35,309
A.
14
9
7
13
12
P.
6
4
10
6
5
Repairs and
maintenance.
(14)
Rs.
5
39
44
20
A.
8
4
12
0
P.
0
0
0
0
...
Rates and
taxes.
(15)
Rs.
2,181
1,228
3,409
2,884
2,891
A.
0
13
13
13
3
P.
0
2
2
2
9
Remitted to
treasury on
account of paying
patients, etc.
(16)
Rs.
54,191
1,497
55,688
52,711
54,068
A.
6
5
11
12
4
P.
1
3
4
11
9
Miscellaneous
items.
(17)
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
...
...
* Includes observation cases
† Column 5 excludes value of stores received from the manufacturing department already credited
‡ Column 21 includes the sum of Rs. 23,830-10-7 the value of manufactured articles made over to
§ Unaudited figures.
APPENDICES.
29
Lunatic Asylums for the year 1924 and Provincial Totals for two previous
(Paragraph 15).
Receipt—concld.
Total.
(7)
Rs.
3,16,986
29,956
3,46,942
3,28,853
3,24,538
A.
3
2
5
10
15
P.
0
2
2
9
5
Charges.
Establishment.
Establishment
proper.
(8)
Rs.
89,846
7,886
97,733
95,503
90,326
A.
1
15
0
7
9
P.
0
0
0
9
8
Superinten-
dence.
(9)
Rs.
20,520
1,200
21,820
17,958
13,739
A.
0
0
0
10
13
P.
0
0
0
0
0
Diet.
(10)
Rs.
75,299
8,907
84,207
83,439
89,132
A.
12
8
5
14
2
P.
6
9
3
2
4
Clothing and
bedding.
(11)
Rs.
6,476
160
6,636
6,073
5,251
A.
11
4
15
14
13
P.
0
0
0
0
0
Bazaar
medicines.
(12)
Rs.
671
0
672
275
546
A.
3
14
1
1
10
P.
0
0
0
0
6
Charges—concluded.
Total of columns
8 to 17.
(18)
Rs.
2,79,937
25,241
3,05,179
2,89,728
2,91,266
A.
8
9
1
6
5
P.
1
6
7
6
5
Book Charges.
Charges on
account of
work done by
Public Works
Department.
(19)
Rs.
12,128
833
12,961
13,927
9,286
A.
12
0
12
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
Cost of
printed
forms and
stationery.
(20)
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
...
...
Cost of English
medicines and
stores.
(21)‡
Rs.
24,919
3,881
28,801
25,198
23,986
A.
14
8
7
4
10
P.
11
8
7
3
0
Total of
columns 18
to 21.
(22)
Rs.
3,16,986
29,956
3,46,942
3,28,853
3,24,538
A.
3
2
5
10
15
P.
0
2
2
9
5
Remarks.
[Give details for
the figures shown in
columns 6 and 16.]
(23)
Milk sold
Vegetables
sold
Cloth sold
Labour and
Miscellaneous
Total
Rs.
119
1,469
517
926
3,033
A.
4
5
14
14
5
P.
0
0
0
6
6
Col. 16=Totals of
Cols. 3 & 6.
in column 4.
Asylum excluding cost of raw materials.
30
APPENDICES.
STATEMENT No. IX.—Showing the Sanctioned Establishment of the
Lunatic Asylums in Burma as it stood on the 31st December 1924.
1
Particulars of establishment.
Superintendent 950 + 253 + £ 30 ...
Deputy Superintendent (500 + 200) ...
Sub-Assistant Surgeons ... ...
Head clerk ... ... ...
Second clerk ... ... ...
Steward and Store-keeper
...
...
Matron
...
...
...
...
Nurses ... ... ... ...
European Attendant ... ... ...
Overseers ... ... ... ...
Head-keepers ... ... ...
Keepers (males)
...
...
Keepers (female) ... ... ...
Gardeners ... ... ... ...
Tailor ... ... ... ...
Carpenter ... ... ... ...
Cow-keeper... ... ... ...
Barber ... ... ... ...
Cooks ... ... ... ...
Compounders
...
... ...
Ward servants ... ... ...
Total ...
Sweepers
Male
...
...
...
Female
...
...
...
Daily average number of
Proportion of
...
Males including ob-
servation cases.
Females
including
observation cases.
Overseers to males...
Matron to females ...
European Attendant,
Head-keeper
and
male keepers to
males.
Nurses and female
keepers to females.
2
Rangoon.
Number.
(a) 1
(b) 1
(k) 4
1
(c) 1
(e) 2
(g) 1
(h) 5
(f) 1
(d) 2
(l) 2
(m) 88
...
...
(n) 25
j
2
1
1
1
1
4
(i) 1
(j) 2
147
18
7 j
687.27
133.24
171.82
133.24
7.72
4.44
Monthly
wages.
Rs.
1,500
700
795
125
70
185
250
555
105
200
85
1,948
...
...
538
40
25
30
18
20
85
35
36
7,345
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Minbu.
Number.
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
7 at 24
1 at 22
6 at 20
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
20
2
Nil
128.67
Nil
128.67
Nil
8.4
Nil
Monthly
wages.
Rs.
100
...
165
...
...
...
...
...
...
75
40
168
22
120
...
...
...
...
...
15
18
...
...
723
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
(a) Draws compensatory local allowance of Rs. 125 per mensem and a Burma allowance of Rs. 150 per
mensem. and a house allowance of Rs. 106 limited to Rs. 250 per mensem.
(b) Draws also compensatory local allowance of Rs. 95 per mensem and a Burma allowance of Rs. 105
per mensem.
(c) Draws also a house allowance of Rs. 20 per mensem.
(d) One Assistant Overseer draws also a house allowance of Rs. 20 per mensem.
(e) One draws also a house allowance of Rs. 30 per mensem and the other at Rs. 20 per mensem.
(f) Draws also a house allowance of Rs. 30 per mensem.
(g) Draws also a house allowance of Rs. 40 per mensem and uniform allowance of Rs. 10 per mensem
(Board allowance of Rs. 60 per mensem is also admissible if European).
(h) Draws also a house allowance of 30 and uniform allowance of Rs. 6-4 each per mensem.
(i) Draws also a house allowance of Rs. 10 per mensem.
(j) Draws also a house allowance of Rs. 4 each per mensem.
(k) One of these draws also a compensatory local allowance at 20 per cent. of pay and three at 40 per
cent. of pay each per mensem.
(l) Draws also a compensatory local allowance at 20 per cent. of pay each per mensem.
(m) Forty-four of these draw also a compensatory local allowance at 20 per cent. of pay each per
mensem and the other forty-four at 40 per cent of pay each per mensem.
(n) Draws also a compensatory local allowance at 40 per cent. of pay each per mensem.
NOTE.— The figures in this statement include observation cases.
APPENDICES.
31
STATEMENT No. X.—Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufacture in the Lunatic Asylums during the year
1924, and Provincial Totals for two previous years (Paragraph 14).
1
Name of
Asylum.
Rangoon ...
Minbu ...
Total for 1924
Total for 1923
Total for 1922
2
Mean Population.
Males.
684.37
128.67
813.04
814.41
766.18
Females.
131.72
...
131.72
132.62
134.70
Total.
816.09
128.67
944.76
947.03
900.88
3
4
5
6
7
8
Credits.
Cash paid into
the Treasury
during the year
for articles
sold.
Rs.
1,536
1,497
3,033
3,153
5,448
A.
0
5
5
11
2
P.
3
3
6
0
0
Value of manu-
factured goods
made over to
the asylum for
asylum
purposes.
Rs.
26,742
8,642
35,384
33,344
35,063
A.
0
1
1
13
3
P.
2
0
2
10
6
Value of raw
materials in
store at the end
of the year.
Rs.
1,368
2,136
3,504
2,567
1,768
A.
6
6
13
11
9
P.
3
10
1
8
1
Value of manu-
factured goods
in store at the
end of the year.
Rs.
2,021
2,304
4,325
5,252
5,226
A.
2
10
12
11
12
P.
2
3
5
7
1
Value of plant
and machinery
in store at the
end of the year.
Rs.
4,045
4,387
8,432
8,790
9,578
A.
8
5
14
10
9
P.
9
11
8
10
10
Total credits.
Rs.
35,713
18,967
54,680
53,109
57,085
A.
1
13
14
10
4
P.
7
3
10
11
6
9
10
Debits.
Value of manu-
factured goods
in store on 1st
January.
Rs.
2,172
3,080
5,252
5,226
3,600
A.
3
7
11
12
15
P.
10
9
7
1
3
Value of raw
materials in
store on 1st
January.
Rs.
644
1,923
2,567
1,768
2,933
A.
4
7
11
9
8
P.
7
1
8
1
10
1
Name of
Asylum.
Rangoon ...
Minbu ...
Total for 1924
Total for 1923
Total for 1922
2
Mean Population.
Males.
684.37
128.67
813.04
814.41
766.18
Females.
131.72
...
131.72
132.62
134.70
Total.
816.09
128.67
944.76
947.03
900.88
11
12
13
14
15
Debits.
Value of plant
and machinery
in store on 1st
January.
Rs.
4,545
4,245
8,790
9,578
10,262
A.
3
7
10
9
4
P.
6
4
10
10
6
Raw material
purchased.
Rs.
6,563
5,675
12,239
11,841
13,073
A.
5
11
0
8
9
P.
0
0
0
9
6
Contingencies
of manufacture.
Rs.
711
565
1,277
1,285
1,264
A.
7
12
3
12
9
P.
0
0
0
6
2
All other
charges.
Rs.
8,659
242
8,901
8,399
9,731
A.
10
5
15
1
8
P.
1
5
6
4
5
Total debits.
Rs.
23,296
15,733
39,029
38,100
40,866
A.
2
2
4
5
7
P.
0
7
7
7
8
16
Excess of credits
or profits.
Rs.
12,416
3,234
15,651
15,009
16,218
A.
15
10
10
5
12
P.
7
8
3
4
10
17
Excess of
debit or loss.
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
18
Remarks.
G.B.C.P.O.—No. 131, I. G. of C. H.,—27-6-25—300.
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General remarks,—The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, rightly
observes that the strength of the Department is small in comparison with the work
to be done in a province like Assam where cattle disease is so prevalent. It is desir-
able that the larger Local Boards be impressed with the importance of working up
to the standard of two Assistants as soon as possible. As far as the department itself
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nately not made in the re-adjustment of the service on the 1st April last. It is pro-
bable that we shall also require a larger reserve to meet sudden large outbreaks.
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REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT,
ASSAM,
FOR THE YEAR
1911-1912.
PREFACE—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
1. During the year under report I held charge of the post of Superintendent
Civil Veterinary Department, Eastern Bengal and Assam. I was on tour for 218
days and travelled 6,708 miles by rail, 1,179 miles by steamer and 940 miles by road.
In Assam 152 days were spent on tour and I travelled 5, 121 miles by rail, 555 miles
by steamer and 777 miles by road.
2. The following dispensaries and hospitals were inspected by me:—Gauhati five
times, Shillong three times, Dhubri, Jorhat and Silehir twice, and Golaghat, Moriani,
Hailakandi and Sylhet once each. The dairy herd at the Upper Shillong Farm was
also inspected. I assisted in the judging of stock at North Sylhet Cattle Show. In
several districts outbreaks of disease were specially visited.
3. As in previous years, I attended the Bengal Veterinary College as a
member of the Board of Examiners and examined in the following subjects :—
Senior Anatomy, Botany, Pharmacy, Principles of Shoeing, Soundness and Ageing
of Animals.
PART I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
4. During the year under report 13 Government stipendiaries attended the
College, of which 8 passed their examination. The Government stipendiaries were
distributed in the various classes as follows :—
Class.
1st year
2nd year
3rd Year
Total
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
No.
3
4
6
13
No. of passes.
3
2
3
8
No. of failures.
...
a
3
5
There were 16 Local Board stipendiaries attending the College, distributed in the
various classes as below :—
Class.
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
Total ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
No.
5
a
3
...
16
No. of passes.
2
7
3
12
No. of failures.
3
1
...
4
There was no private student from this province attending the College during the
year under report.
5. The number of graduates allotted to Assam during the year was five, but they
did not actually join the Department till alter the CLOSE of the year.