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TABLE I.
Abstract of academical qualifications of students during the year 1948-49.
Number of students admitted .. .. .. .. ..
Scholarship-holders .. .. .. .. .. ..
Others .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Passed Final Examination .. .. .. .. ..
Failed to pass Final Examination .. .. .. .. ..
Remaining under instruction at the end of the year .. .. ..
Ordinary course .. .. .. .. .. ..
Instruction prolonged by reason of non-appearance at the annual examination ..
60
154
6
30
16
Nil
65
Nil
Admitted during the year (classed by educational qualifications) : —
B.A. .. .. .. .. ..
B.Sc. .. .. .. .. ..
I.A. .. .. .. .. .. ..
I.Sc. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Matriculate .. .. .. .. ..
Total ..
2
2
8
15
33
60
TABLE II.
Statement of receipts for the year 1948-49.
Hospital fees .. .. .. ..
Ambulance fees .. .. .. ..
Shoeing fees .. .. .. ..
Horse-breaking .. .. .. ..
Seat-rent .. .. .. .. ..
Municipal tax .. .. .. ..
Per capita fees .. .. .. ..
Medicine charges .. .. .. ..
Lighting charges .. .. .. ..
Riding fees from students .. .. ..
Class absence fines .. .. .. ..
Delay fines of students .. .. .. ..
Breeding fees of cows .. .. .. ..
Fishing fees .. .. .. ..
5 per cont. hide inspection fees .. .. ..
Tuition fees from students .. .. ..
Diploma fees .. .. .. ..
Examination fees .. .. .. ..
Admission and re-admission fees .. .. ..
Farriers' training fees .. .. .. ..
Riding fees (outsiders) .. .. .. ..
Sale-proceeds of poultry .. .. ..
Sale-proceeds of fodder .. .. ..
Sale of medicine .. .. .. ..
Miscellaneous .. .. .. ..
Poultry training .. .. .. ..
Contribution charges made by other Governments for
training their students at the Bengal Veterinary College.
Total .. ..
Rs.
24,634
2,546
139
....
6,742
845
845
422
422
662
1,832
176
35
1,079
192
30,992
430
2,000
1,390
....
380
347
919
....
321
....
....
77,356
a.
14
0
4
4
0
0
8
8
10
0
15
0
0
12
10
0
0
0
0
2
8
15
15
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
Rs.
2,013
16,800
18,813
a.
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
Less refunds—
Hospital fees ..
Tuition fees .. ..
Rs.
.. 169
.. 2,034
a.
2
0
p.
0
0
2,203
75,153
2
13
0
0
18,813 0 0
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Expenditure (preliminary figures), 1948-49.
Principal and other teaching staff—
Pay of Officers (charged) .. .. .. ..
Pay of Officers (voted) .. .. .. .. ..
Establishment—
Technical Staff .. .. .. .. ..
Clerks and Secretary .. .. .. .. ..
Servants .. .. .. .. .. ..
House-rent and other allowances—
Voted .. .. .. .. .. ..
Travelling allowances—
Voted .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dearness allowance .. .. .. .. ..
Cash allowance .. .. .. .. .. ..
Contingencies—
(1) Medical and surgical requisites .. .. ..
(2) Purchase and keep of cattle .. .. .. .. ..
(3) Stipends .. .. .. .. ..
(4) Customs duty on imported stores .. .. ..
(5) Purchase of books .. .. .. ..
(6) Bent, rates and taxes .. .. .. ..
(7) Other contingent charges .. .. .. ..
Subordinate establishment, College staff—
Pay of Inspectors of the College .. .. .. ..
Pay of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons of the College .. ..
Dearness allowance (voted) .. .. .. ..
Travelling allowance (voted) .. .. .. ..
House-rent and other allowances .. .. .. ..
Cash allowance .. .. .. .. ..
Prize .. .. .. .. .. ..
Scheme No. 44 (Part) .. .. .. .. ..
Pay of Officers .. .. .. .. ..
House-rent and other allowances .. .. .. ..
Dearness allowance .. .. .. .. ..
Cash allowance .. .. .. .. ..
Travelling allowance .. .. .. .. ..
Total .. ..
Rs.
a. p.
Nil
30,323
17,634
17,402
5,234
9,656
3,767
24,338
2,362
5,828
55,773
21,173
1,882
11,744
1,13,795
3,947
7,626
3,357
691
226
294
998
998
14,587
1,143
2,925
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nil
3,56,765 0 0
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APPENDIX A.
Chart showing incidence of rabies for the year 1943-49.
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APPENDIX B.
Chart Cycle of five years showing activities, expenditure and receipts of the
Bengal VeterinaryCollege from 1944-45 to 1948-49.
WBGP-52/3-4077B-550
Government of West Bengal
Home (Publicity) Department
Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary
Department, Field and Research Section
West Bengal and Bengal Veterinary College
and Hospital
For the Year
1950-51
Superintendent, Government Printing
West Bengal Government Press, Alipore, West Bengal
1953
Price—Indian, annas 14; English, 1s. 6d.
Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Department (Field and
Research Section), 1950-51
The new set-up of the Directorate of Veterinary Services, West Bengal,
was sanctioned with effect from the 1st June 1950 during the year under report.
It was also decided during the year that the work of the Directorate would be
conducted under the guidance of a Technical Director to be appointed exclusively
for the Veterinary Directorate. But as no Technical Officer was appointed as
the Director, Sri K. K. Ghosh, I.A.S., Director of Food Production, West Bengal,
continued as the Director of Veterinary Services, West Bengal, in addition to his
own duties. Sri P. C. Banerji, B.H.V.S., Assistant Director of Veterinary Services,
West Bengal, was in the direct charge of the Field and Research Section of the
Directorate during 1950-51. The Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, West
Bengal, also continued to be a member of the Advisory Board of the Indian
Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, and of the Animal Diseases and
Pests Committees. He attended the meetings of the above Committees during
the year under report at New Delhi, Dehra Dun and Izatnagar. He was also a
member of the Managing Committee of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, Calcutta, and of the governing body of the Bengal Veterinary College,
Belgachia. The Assistant Director was on tour for 84 days, covering 7,312 miles
on rail, 928 miles on road and 500 miles by air. During his tour he inspected
most of the Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries and imparted general instruc-
tions to the subordinate staff on the spot for further improvement of the Depart-
mental work.
The post of the Superintendent of Veterinary Services, Headquarters, was
held by Sri C. C. Das Gupta during the year. At the later part of the year Sri
S. N. Barman was appointed to the post of the Personal Assistant to the Director
of Veterinary Services, West Bengal, and he continued in that post till the close
of the year.
Ranges.
For convenience of work the entire State has been divided into three Ranges,
viz., the Northern Range, the Eastern Range and the Western Range with head-
quarters at Jalpaiguri, Calcutta and Midnapore, respectively. Each Range is
under the charge of a Superintendent of Veterinary Services.
Northern Range.—Sri S. D. Gowloog, Superintendent of Veterinary Services,
was in charge of the work of this Range throughout the year under report. He
was on tour for 91 days and travelled over 1,079 miles by road and 3,185 miles
by rail within his Range. The jurisdiction of this Range comprised of five dis-
tricts, namely, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, West Dinajpur and Malda.
The following staff actually worked in the above districts during the year under
report:—
Name of district under the Northern
Range.
1. Darjeeling .. ..
2. Jalpaiguri .. ..
3. Cooch Behar .. ..
4. West Dinajpur .. ..
5. Malda .. ..
Number of
District
Veterinary
Officers.
1
1
1
1
1
5
Number of
Stationary
Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons.
4
1
1
1
1
8
Number of
Itinerant
Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons.
6
4
4
4
3
21
Number of
Veterinary
Field
Assistants.
1
Nil.
1
3
Nil.
5
2
Western Range.—Sri N. G. Mukherjee, Superintendent of Veterinary
Services, held charge of this Range up to 7th December 1950 when he made
over charges to Janab M. H. Khan, District Veterinary Officer, Midnapore
(North), who in his turn made over charges to Sri B. M. Dutta, Superintendent
of Veterinary Services, on 27th February 1951 and Sj. Dutta was in charge of the
Range till the 31st March 1951. During the period under review Sri N. G.
Mukherjee was on tour for 75 days and travelled by rail 1,399 miles, by bus
502 miles and by road 1,433 miles and visited most of the offices of the Itinerant
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons, the Stationary Veterinary Assistant Surgeons and
District Veterinary Officers within his range.
Following technical staff actually worked under this Range consisting of four
districts as noted below during the year 1950-51:—
1.
2.
3.
4.
Name of district under the Western
Range.
Midnapore (North and South) ..
Burdwan .. ..
Bankura .. ..
Birbhum .. ..
Number of
District
Veterinary
Officers.
2
1
1
1
5
Number of
Stationary
Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons.
1
1
2
2
6
Number of
Itinerant
Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons.
15
9
6
5
35
Number of
Veterinary
Field
Assistants.
6
2
9
..
17
Eastern Range.—Sri B. N. Mazumdar was in charge of this Range from 6th
April 1950 to 31st March 1951 when he retired from Government service, leav-
ing charge of his office to the Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, West
Bengal. During the year under review he was on tour for 92 days covering a
distance of 1,026 miles by road, 2,458 miles by rail and 747 miles by boat.
This Range consists of five districts, viz., Howrah, Hooghly, 24-Parganas,
Nadia and Murshidabad.
The following field staff actually worked in the Range during the year under
report:—
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Name of district under the Eastern
Range.
Howrah .. ..
Hooghly .. ..
24-Parganas .. ..
Murshidabad .. ..
Nadia .. ..
Number of
District
Veterinary
Officers.
1
..
1
1
1
4
Number of
Stationary
Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons.
1
2
1
4
2
10
Number of
Itinerant
Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons.
4
5
15
8
4
36
Number of
Veterinary
Field.
Assistants.
3
6
15
8
9
41
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The Disease Investigation Section.
The work of this Section was conducted under the direct control of the
Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, West Bengal, throughout the year.
This Section consists of four branches, viz.—
(1) Investigation of more important diseases of domestic animals.
(2) Investigation into diseases of poultry.
(3) Investigation into diseases of the sheep and goat.
(4) Investigation into helminthic diseases of animals.
(1) and (3)—Sri B. Chowdhury was in charge of the investigation into
disease of domestic animals during the year under report. He was also directed
to carry on the duties of the Assistant Disease Investigation Officer, Sheep and
Goats, in addition to his own. The summary of the work done by the Disease
Investigation Officer is appended in Appendix I.
(2) Sri S. K. Bhadury held charge of the post of the Assistant Disease
Investigation Officer, Poultry, during the year. The summary of the work done
by him may be seen in Appendix II.
(4) —Sri S. C. Roy held the charge of the post of Assistant Disease Investiga-
tion Officer, Helminthology, throughout the year under review.
The summary of the work done by the Assistant Disease Investigation Officer,
Helminthology, is appended in Appendix III.
Propaganda Section.
Sri S. M. Dhar was in charge of the Section throughout the year. During
his incumbency he toured round the State of West Bengal for 80 days and attended
13 exhibitions at Ukhra, Sodepur, Jararnagar, Santiniketan, Beldanga, Tarakes-
war, Pedong, Suri, Autpur, Naksing and Naruldihi, Kurseong, Asansol and
Burdwan. Besides, he undertook propaganda tours in various districts of the
State and gave wide publicity for the importance of mass education on Veterinary
matters which had great influence on the success of eradicating cattle pest.
Glanders Section.
This Section comprises of eight Glanders Inspectors (seven at Calcutta and
one at Kalimpong), eight constables including one head constable and four
Field Assistants. The main duty of the staff is to control Glanders and Farcy
diseases which are communicable to human beings.
In addition to the above duty the services of the Glanders Inspectors were
utilised for the efficient control of contagious diseases within the jurisdiction of
Calcutta and 13 suburban municipalities and the Glanders Inspector of Kalimpong
worked for the district of Darjeeling.
A statement on the work done by the staff of this Section has been given in
Appendix IV.
Mass Inoculation Section.
During the year under review, the Officer-in-charge of this Section was on
tour for 99 days in rural areas of West Bengal.
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The chief object of this Section is to give a check to the contagious diseases
of cattle—particularly of Rinderpest, Haemorrhagic Septicaemia, Anthrax, etc.
Due to delay in sanctioning the set-up of the Directorate and for want of trained
hand, it was not possible for the Directorate to provide this Section with required
number of staff.
The staff of the Mass Inoculation Section with the help of Epidemic Section
undertook mass vaccination in the following districts:—
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Name of district.
Birbhum .. ..
West Dinajpur .. ..
Darjeeling .. ..
Jalpaiguri .. ..
Murshidabad .. ..
Nadia .. ..
Hooghly .. ..
Burdwan .. ..
Malda .. ..
24-Parganas .. ..
Midnapore .. ..
Total ..
Number of cattle vaccinated against
Rinderpest
47,284
60,305
21,357
34,522
28,009
49,013
29,565
71,255
20,100
68,717
..
430,127
Haemor-
rhagic
Septicaemia.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
9,881
9,881
Anthrax.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5,501
..
5,501
Besides the above, the district staff under the guidance of this Section protected
612,306 heads of animals against Rinderpest, 32,322 against Haemorrhagic
Septicaemia and 1,616 against Anthrax as mass vaccination.
Epidemic Section.
The primary duties of this Section are (1) attendance of epizootic in emergent
cases when the local staff are either insufficient to cope with the disease or are
engaged otherwise and (2) mass inoculation of live-stock as far as possible.
The staff of this Section attended to all urgent calls from different parts of
West Bengal in connection with epizootics as also for general diseases, viz., Nasal
Schistosomiasis, Helmintheasis, etc. They undertook inoculation against the
following epizootics and brought them under control:—
Name of diseases against which
inoculation was undertaken.
Rinderpest .. .. .. ..
Anthrax .. .. .. ..
Black Quarter .. .. .. ..
Haemorrhagic Septicaemia .. .. ..
Ranikhet Disease .. .. .. ..
Fowl Pox .. .. .. ..
Fowl cholera .. .. .. ..
Number of
live-stock
inoculated.
8,346
1,567
565
171
1,089
297
7
12,042
5
Besides these, they carried on mass inoculation, chiefly against Rinderpest and
Anthrax and thus protected 19,367 heads of cattle against Rinderpest and
4,782 heads against Anthrax. These figures of mass vaccination performed by
this Section have duly been incorporated in the statement of Mass Inoculation
Section.
Poultry Section.
The Veterinary Inspector, Poultry Section, with the Veterinary Field
Assistants promptly attended to all outbreaks of Poultry diseases whenever their
services were requisitioned. The Officer-in-charge had to undertake extensive
tours throughout the State in response to the calls from different directions. This
officer with the help of the district staff attended to 43 outbreaks of Poultry
diseases and inoculated 8,850 birds in the face of outbreaks. They also vacci-
nated 43,102 heads of birds against various contagious diseases as a prophylactic
measure.
Research Section.
During the year under report Sri M. C. Mitra held charge of the Veterinary
Vaccine Section and control of the Sub-section at Kurseong where Sri R. D.
Singh was in charge for the whole year under report.
During the year 1,031,300 and 355,350 doses of Goat tissue vaccine moist
and desicated respectively were manufactured by the main centre and the Sub-
section and supplied to the field workers for prophylactic vaccination against
Rinderpest in this State. Besides, out of the said production following quantity
of Goat tissue vaccine ampoules were supplied to different States as shown
below:—
State.
Tripura State
Assam
Andamans
Number of
ampoules
supplied.
.. 4
.. 3
.. 5
Doses.
800
600
1,000
During the year under report 432 Pathological specimens were examined and
findings were communicated to the field workers concerned with all promptitude.
The present accommodation of both the Veterinary Vaccine Section, Belgachia,
and the Sub-section at Kurseong is insufficient and they are not adequately
equipped. In Calcutta centre inadequate supply of tap water, want of gas con-
nection, inadequate cold storage facilities, etc., are the main difficulties amongst
others for the smooth conduct of the work. All these difficulties can be solved
by arrangement being made for the construction a new Research building with all
modern fittings and implements necessary. A proposal for the purchase of a
separate house for Kurseong Sub-section has already been under consideration
of Government.
Poultry Vaccine Institute.
Sri B. B. Chakravarty held charge of this Section for the period under review.
This Section was reorganised and equipped with necessary instruments and
appliances during the year and manufacture of Ranikhet Disease vaccine was
started at the end of the year under report.
Artificial Insemination of Cattle.
The work of Artificial Insemination was taken up from the Government of
India on the 16th May 1950 with a staff consisting of one Research Assistant, one
Laboratory assistant, three stockmen and three gowalas and some laboratory
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equipments, three bulls and one buffalo. None of these bulls were working
when they were taken. Some time after, work was, however, started with some
of them after changing their diet and giving them regular exercise.
Immediately after provincialisation four new sub-centres were started at
Behala, Howrah, Broad Street and Sodepore to enable the cattle owners to get its
fullest benefit. One Veterinary Assistant Surgeon and one Field Assistant were
also deputed from Mass Vaccination Section to assist the Officer-in-charge of
Artificial Insemination Work to meet the growing demands of the public.
Semen samples were regularly collected from bulls and buffaloes and trans-
ported regularly to different centres through thermosflask.
For the period from 16th May 1950 to 31st March 1951, 2,033 animals
were inseminated. Out of these 1,778 were cows and 255 buffaloes. Besides
the above 182 sterility cases of different kinds were attended and treated during
the period under report. The average conception rate was 69.2 per cent.
The enclosed comparative chart for the year and the preceding year will show
the encouraging progress of the work and the growing popularity of Artificial
Insemination and its demand amongst classes of cattle owners.
Prevention and Treatment of Diseases.
Contagious Disease—Cattle.—From the Table II it will appear that only
3,268 heads of cattle succumbed to the various contagious and infectious diseases
during the year under report against 5,781 death of the previous year. Of the
above mortality figure 1,109 heads of cattle died of Rinderpest as against 1,748
deaths from Rinderpest last year.
Equine Disease.—No case of Surra or Dourine was reported during the year
under report. A number of cases of Glanders was, however, reported from
Kalimpong. The number of cases of other contagious diseases reported during
the year is only 20 against 111 cases of last year.
Live-stocks other than the animals mentioned above.—Death of other animals
due to contagious and other parasitic diseases as far as it could be recorded
numbered only 640 against 3,827 of previous year.
It is evident from the above that by prompt attendance of outbreaks and by
adopting mass inoculation against both Rinderpest and Ranikhet Diseases and
others the death rate of animals was considerably reduced during the year under
review.
The proverb "Prevention is better than cure" is not only applicable to human
beings but it is also applicable to animals. Table III will show some of the
results of preventive inoculation undertaken by the staff of the Directorate during
the year under report to prevent live-stock from mortality in affected villages—
Name of diseases against which
inoculation was undertaken.
(a) Rinderpest .. ..
(b) Haemorrhagic Septicaemia ..
(c) Anthrax .. ..
(d) Ranikhet .. ..
(e) Black Quarter .. ..
(f) Fowl Cholera .. ..
(g) Fowl Pox .. ..
Number of
animals
died
uninoculated
in course of
outbreaks.
1,026
574
166
253
118
56
79
Number of
animals
inoculated
in the areas
of out-
breaks.
77,915
32,047
6,838
5,604
4,670
1,010
2,236
Number of
animals
died in the
affected
villages after
inoculation.
83
16
7
51
1
11
26
7
Number of animals treated and castrated by the Itinerant Veterinary Assistants.
—Ninety-four Itinerant Veterinary Assistants visited 18,130 villages and
castrated 227 animals during the year under report. They have also treated
132,633 animals during the period under review.
Hospitals and Dispensaries.
There are 23 Veterinary Hospitals in the districts of West Bengal under the
control of local bodies and three Government Hospitals in the suburbs of Calcutta
and one at Cooch Behar besides the major Government Hospital attached to the
Veterinary College at Belgachia. Table V will show that a sum of Rs. 4,462-14-6
was credited to treasuries by the hospitals as departmental receipts and following
cases were treated in the hospitals during the year:—
Number of in-patients treated .. .. ..
Number of out-patients treated .. .. ..
Number of animals castrated .. .. ..
1,311
77,761
2,489
General Remarks.
It will be evident from what has been stated in the preceding pages that the
activities of the Veterinary Directorate have been on the increase and various
sections of the Directorate functioned quite satisfactorily in their respective
spheres. This has been possible mainly due to the enthusiastic, sincere and loyal
services rendered by most of the staff.
I should like to place on record my deep sense of appreciation and gratitude
to the field and office staff in respect of the services rendered and co-operation
offered to me. I would also be failing in my duty if I do not make special men-
tion of some of the members but for whose faithful and at the same time merito-
rious services it would have been hardly possible to crown the various activities of
the Directorate with success. Thus in office I must mention the names of
Sri C. C. Das Gupta, Superintendent of Veterinary Services, Headquarters,
Sri Khirode Behari Banerji, my Head Assistant, and my Staff Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon Sri P. K. Chakravarty. While in the Field Section the names of
Sri S. K. Bhadury, Assistant Disease Investigation Officer (Poultry),
Sri B. K. Gupta, Chief Glanders Inspector, Sri B. B. De, District Veterinary
Officer, Darjeeling, and Sri J. C. Das Gupta, District Veterinary Officer, 24-
Parganas, and Sri A. K. Dutta, District Veterinary Officer (Poultry), deserve to
be mentioned.
P. C. BANERJEE,
Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, West Bengal.
The 23rd April 1952.