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APPENDIX A.
REPORT ON THE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE MANIPUR STATE FOR
THE YEAR 1917-18.
1. Personnel.—Babu Krisna Narain, Veterinary Assistant, has continued in
charge throughout the year, under the supervision of the President of the Manipur
State Darbar. He has carried out his duties very satisfactorily.
The compounder, Thangjam Rajdhan Singh, has worked well during the year.
2. Tours.—The Veterinary Assistant visited 196 villages, as against 219 in the
previous year. He was on tour for 127 days, travelling 1647 miles.
3. Contagious diseases.—Table No. II shows the number of deaths of animals
from contagious diseases during the year.
Equities.—Only 2 deaths were recorded under the heading " Other contagious
diseases." The actual maladies could not be diagnosed from the reports which were
received too late.
Bovines.—(a) Towards the close of the year rinderpest broke out in a herd of
cattle belonging to Colonel Cole and caused 8 deaths. Timely precautions prevented
the spread of the disease.
(b) Foot and mouth disease was reported from one village only, as against 171 in
the previous year and caused 4 deaths among calves. The number of deaths in the
previous year was 315, mainly among calves.
(c) There was no outbreak of Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia during the year under
report.
(d) Black quarter broke out in 10 villages and caused 214 deaths. Seven of
these villages were visited by the Veterinary Assistant in time. Reports from the
other three having been received too late, the help rendered was of little use. Of
the total number of deaths, 175 occurred in these three villages.
(e) Six deaths from Anthrax were recorded by the Veterinary Assistant on
tour.
(f) The 22 deaths under the heading ' Other contagious diseases " were recorded
on tour after the outbreaks had subsided, when accurate diagnosis was impossible.
Other animals.—The seven deaths under this heading were due to rabies among
dogs.
The reporting of animal diseases by the chaukidars improved much during
the year.
4. Preventive inoculation.—Table III shows the result of serum inoculation.
This was undertaken in one outbreak of rinderpest only. There was only one
death after inoculation.
The 1500 C.C., of anti-rinderpest serum procured in the previous year, was all
used during the year. A fresh supply of 2000 C.C., was obtained from Mukteser and
kept in hand.
There were also, at the beginning of the year, 2500C.C. of anti-rinderpest serum,
and 3750 C.C., of Hæmorrhagic Septicaemia serum in stock. But these having lost
their potency were destroyed during the year.
5. In-patients.—Twenty-four patients were admitted, as against 14 in the pre-
vious year. Only one pony remained under treatment at the end of the year.
6. Out-patients.—Two thousand nine hundred and -sixty-nine patients under
this classification were treated during the year as against 27,255 in the previous year.
This large reduction is mainly due to the fact that in the previous year a large num-
ber of patients were treated for foot and mouth disease which was practically absent
during the year.
7. Operations.—Thirty-two major and 77 minor operations were performed as
against 22 major and 65 minor operations during the previous year.
R. H. HENDERSON, C.I.E.,
President, Manipur State Darbar.
A. S. P. O. (R. & Agri.) No. 26—748—26-8-1918.—O. M. E.