139
"A correspondence is going on with reference to the appointment of district salutries for this purpose, and
if their entertainment is sanctioned I hope to be able to furnish information in future under this head."
"Nothing was done with reference to cattle disease investigation and prevention, though lots of cattle
were inspected in the Barkhan Kacchi, Nari and Sibi tahsils."
Outbreaks dur-
ing the year.
543. Table M. (page xcix) gives the details regarding the reported out-
breaks of contagious disease in India and Burma.
Burma is again the only Province in which any practical results have been
obtained. The remarks of the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Departmnet,
are given in paragraph 544 to show the distribution of cattle disease. But
before alluding to this subject it would be advisable to mention that Burma
is to be congratulated on the very great advance which has been made in the
introduction of the Upper and Lower Burma Village Act, measures for the pre-
vention of disease have been put into force in those districts or parts of districts
in which their introduction was considered advisable. In Financial Commis-
sioners Circular No. 19 of 1895 it is stated that every officer in Burma is alive
to the great importance of the measures now being taken and the Financial
Commissioner trusts that full and immediate effect may be given to them.
The following are the rules for the working of the abovementioned Act:—
In these rules—
(1) "Cattle" and "animal" mean kine, buffaloes, sheep and goats and such other beasts as the Com-
missioner may from time to time declare to be cattle or animals for the purposes of these rules.
(2) "Contagious or infectious disease" means rinderpest, anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, contagious
pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, glanders, and any other disease which the Commissioner may from
time to time declare to be contagious or infectious for the purposes of these rules.
(3) "Diseased" means suffering from contagious or infectious disease.
(4) "Cattle-owner" includes any person who has cattle in his possession or under his charge.
I.—The village headman shall from time to time proclaim to all persons resident in his village that they
are required to report to him the outbreak of any contagious or infectious disease among cattle in the village or
in any neighbouring village which may come to their knowledge.
II.—The village headman shall direct every cattle-owner that, on the appearance of any contagious or
infectious disease among his cattle, such cattle owner shall (a) keep the diseased cattle in a place apart from all
other cattle and distant from the places whither the other cattle usually resort; (b)zx if the disease be rinderpest,
keep all other cattle which have been in the same herd with the diseased animal in a place such as aforesaid;
and (c) report appearance of the disease immediately to him.
III.—A village headman, on learning from the report of a cattle owner or otherwise of the breaking out
of contagious or infectious disease in the village or villages under his charge, shall (1) within 24 hours send a
written report of the fact to the Township Officer, or to the Sub-divisional Officer or Deputy Commissioner if
either of these officers is nearer than the Township Officer; (2) if there is any waste land or grazing-ground in
or near the village, at once set apart places for diseased cattle, and, if the disease be rinderpest, places for cattle
which have been in the same herd with diseased cattle; (3) cause the place or places so set apart to be enclosed;
or (4) if no waste land or grazing-ground is available for an enclosure, state the fact in his report.
IV.—The village headman shall order every cattle owner in the village or villages in which contagious or
infectious disease has broken out (a) to keep his diseased cattle, and, if the disease be rinderpest, his other cattle
which have been in the same herd with diseased cattle, in the places set apart for the same, unless and until
other places are set apart for the purpose by the Deputy Commissioner or other officer appointed by him; (b) to
give him such assistance as he may require in enclosing the place or places set apart for diseased cattle.
V.—The village headman, after making the report prescribed in Rule III and after receiving an orde
directing an examination of the village cattle, shall cause all cattle owners in the village to bring their cattle for
the inspection of the officer appointed by the Deputy Commissioner, Township Officer, or Sub-divisional Officer to
examine them, to such place as the examining officer may direct. He shall give such officer all reasonable
assistance in the inspection. He shall be careful that the diseased cattle are not herded together with the rest
of the cattle at the inspection.
VI.—The headman of any village in which contagious or infectious disease has broken out shall, on
receiving orders from the Deputy Commissioner or Sub-divisional Officer or Township Officer, set apart for
diseased cattle, or, if the disease be rinderpest, for cattle which have been in the same herd with diseased cattle,
such places as may be ordered, and shall require every cattle owner of the village to keep his diseased cattle, and,
if the disease be rinderpest, his cattle which have been in the same herd with diseased cattle, in places so set
apart and not to remove the cattle from these places without his permission, which permission he shall not grant
without the written order of the Deputy Commissioner or an officer authorized by the Deputy Commissioner.
VII.—The headman of any village in which contagious or infectious disease has broken out shall, on
receiving orders from the Deputy Commissioner, Sub-divisional Officer, or Township Officer, require the cattle
owners of the village to make at their own expense such sheds, enclosures, or other structures as are ordered for
the proper isolation of diseased cattle.
VIII.—In any village in which contagious or infectious disease has broken out, the headman shall cause
all dung, hay, straw, litter, refuse or other thing which has been, or which may have been, in contact with a
diseased animal to be burnt by the cattle owner.
IX.—If a diseased animal dies in any village in which contagious or infectious disease has broken out,
the headman shall order the owner of the dead animal to bury within 12 hours after death the carcase at, or as
near as possible to, the spot where the animal died, but not less than 300 yards from any houses, cattle-pens,
and customary watering-places of the village and at a depth below the surface of not less than 6 feet. The
carcase shall be buried with the hide and horns, and after the carcase has been put into the ground the hide shall
be slashed so as to render it unfit for tanning or any other use. But if by reason of flood or for any other
cause it is not possible to bury the carcase, it shall be burnt.