4
and the outbreak subsided. In all 4 Assistants and both the Inspectors were deputed
to the spot. As the disease subsided, they were called back one after another, but the
Staff Assistant had to be kept there for more than two months.
27. Anthrax.—During
the year under report 21 specimens from suspected an-
thrax cases were received in the Laboratory for microscopic examination. In 13
cases the disease was confirmed microscopically. Inoculation was carried out in 20
outbreaks and in one other place. In these outbreaks 3 horses, 158 bovines and
one other animal died previous to inoculation. 225 horses and 1,708 bovines were
inoculated, of which 3d bovines died subsequently.
28. In the previous year, inoculation was undertaken in 7 outbreaks, in which 5
horses and 14 bovines died before inoculation, and 376 horses and 204 bovines were
inoculated. The submission of the monthly Anthrax Returns to the American Consul-
General, Calcutta, has been continued during the year.
29. Hæmorrliagic Septicæmia.—Inoculation
was undertaken in 12 outbreaks, in
which 83 bovines and 5 others died before inoculation.
The diagnosis was microsco-
pically confirmed in every case and 1,145 animals were inoculated; no deaths have
been reported to have occurred subsequently.
30. In the previous year, inoculation was carried out in 7 outbreaks, in which
152 bovines and 17 others had died before inoculation. 1,310 animals were inoculated,
of which 24 animals subsequently died.
31. The total number of outbreaks in which inoculation was carried out during
the year under report was 237, in which 8,653 animals died before inoculation.
The
total number of animals inoculated was 30,439, of which 898 subsequently died.
In
the previous year inoculation was carried out in 277 outbreaks, in which 7,464 animals
died before inoculation and 34,942 animals were inoculated, of which 905 died sub-
sequently.
ITINERANT ASSISTANTS' WORK.
32. Table IV shows the work of the Itinerant Veterinary Assistants during the
year. The Assistants were 26 in number against. 24 in the previous year.
They
+visited 6,083 villages and treated 9,005 animals for contagious diseases and 36,917
animals for non-contagious diseases.
33. In the previous year 5,386 villages were visited, 9,510 animals were treated
for contagious diseases and 26,533 animals were treated for non-contagious diseases.
These figures indicate that contagious disease was not so prevalent in the Province
except in Lakhimpur as in the previous year, as there is a decrease of 505 animals
treated for contagious diseases ; on the other hand, there is an increase of 10,284
animals treated for non-contagious diseases.
VETERINARY HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
34. Table V shows the working of the Hospitals and Dispensaries in the Province,
which were 3 in number at the close of the year under report.
The sanction of the
Commissioner of the Division has been obtained for the erection of a Veterinary
Hospital at Dibrugarh at the cost of the Local Board, and the plans and estimates are
under preparation.
35. The total number of animals treated during the year was 1,070 equines,
2,469 bovines and 817 others ; in the previous year 570 equines, 2,276 bovines and
526 others were treated. There was thus considerable progress in the work done in
the dispensaries , the officers in Charge of these dispensaries have to spend 15 to 20 days
monthly on tour.
36. Silchar Veterinary Hospital.—During
the year under report the Dispensary
and Hospital remained in charge of Veterinary Assistant S. C. Das Gupta.
During
the year 22 in-patients and 3,213 out-patients were treated, making a total of 3,235,
of which 883 were equines, 1,784 bovines and 568 others. In the previous year 19
in-patients and 2,436 out-patients were treated; of these cases, 382 were equines
1,832 bovines and 241 others.
37. The construction work was completed at the close of the year and the
Dispensary was removed from the Local Board building to the Government quarters
with effect from 9th March 1913. More accommodation has been provided for in-
patients and a second Veterinary Assistant was appointed to Silchar just after the close
of the year; the Dispensary will thus receive the constant attendance of a Veterinary
officer and gain in popularity.