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In his circle there were extensive outbreaks of Rinderpest, Anthrax and
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.
He examined microscopically 27 specimens, of which 15 proved to be Anthrax, 5
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia and 1 Blackquarter, all of which were subsequently con-
firmed by me.
(3) Babu Srish Chandra Ghosh, Inspector, was in charge of the Gauhati Circle
up to the 13th February 1916, when he went on privilege leave. On rejoining he was
temporarily transferred to the Dibrugarh Circle and remained there till the end of
the year.
In the Gauhati Circle be was in charge of 9 District Assistants and all the
staff and Reserve Assistants either at headquarters or working in his Circle. The
District Assistants were inspected as follows .—Dhubri, Bilashipara, Goalpara,
Gauhati, Barpeta and Nowgong three times each, and Shillong twice during the year;
in Dibrugarh Circle—Kohima, Golaghat and North Lakhimpur once each.
He also inspected the cattle and sheep of the Upper Shillong Farm and the breed-
ing bulls in his circle from time to time.
During the year he was on tour for 161 days and visited 128 villages and tea
estates; he travelled 3,023 miles by rail, 1,166 miles by steamer and 1,702 miles by
road and boat.
He investigated an outbreak of Surra in Nowgong and an outbreak of Strangles
amongst ponies in Khasi and Jaintia Hills. He also made an investigation on Bovine
contagious Pleuro Pneumonia in the Barpeta subdivision.
At the request of the Sanitary Commissioner of Assam an investigation was
made into fluke disease in the Barpeta subdivision. Babu Srish Chandra Ghosh was
deputed to the subdivision where he made enquiries and post mortem examinations
and collected specimens of flukes from different classes of animals. Distomatosis is
very common in all animals in this subdivision and the disease is not uncommon in
man. Owing to this the enquiry was instituted.
In addition to his usual duties of an Inspector he also did work in the Laboratory
and hospital while at headquarters.
(4) Babu Bhudar Chandra Chatterjee was the only Staff Assistant for a consi-
derable portion of the year. His duty mainly consisted in receiving, despatching and
keeping accounts of Sera and empty bottles of serum, in assisting the Superintendent
in Laboratory work and attending in-patient cases of the hospital.
He examined and treated all cases seized under the Cruelty to Animals Act and
brought to the Infirmary, and gave evidence in court as a witness when required.
On many occasions he was in entire charge of the Laboratory and the Gauhati hospital
when the Local Board and Reserve Assistants were on tour.
In the beginning of the year he was deputed to Karimganj subdivision where he
attended 17 outbreaks of Rinderpest and inoculated 1,149 animals.
Prom the 14th February 1916 up to the end of the year he officiated for the
Inspector, Gauhati Circle, when the permanent incumbent was on leave and when on
transfer to the Dibrugarh Circle.
(5) Another Assistant, Maulvi Fariduddin Ahmed, was also taken in as a Staff
Assistant temporarily for about three months ; during this time he was mainly engaged
in the hospital work at Gauhati.
(6) Of the five Assistants employed as Reserve during the year one was on long
leave for sickness and his services were dispensed with from the 17th March 1916.
Another Reserve Assistant was deputed for work on the Mishmi road from October to
the end of the year. Owing to want of suitable men the sanctioned number of
staff and Reserve Assistants could not be filled up.
The Reserve Assistants, besides having been employed in leave vacancies, were
deputed to attend outbreaks of cattle disease in Sylhet, Karimganj, Sunamganj,
Tezpur, Mangaldai and Garo Hills, where they made a total inoculation of 5,075
animals against Rinderpest and 415 against Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia. The Reserve
Assistants visited 231 villages and treated 3,008 animals for contagious and non-
contagious diseases.
40. The names of the following Assistants are mentioned for the good work they
have done during the year :—
Staff Veterinary Assistant, Babu Bhudhar Chandra Chatterjee, Veterinary Assist-
ants, Babu Hem Chandra Sen, Shillong, Babu Girindra Nath Syam Choudhury,
Karimganj, U Kollington, Srimangal, Babu Debendra Nath Chatterjee, Karimganj