2
The number of Local Board stipendiaries was distributed as follows :—
Class.
A ... ... ...
B
...
...
...
C
...
...
...
Total ...
...
Number of students.
5
1
...
6
Number of passes.
1
...
...
1
Number of failures.
4
1
...
5
There was no private student attending the college during the year under report.
7. There were five graduates allotted to this province to fill up the vacancies.
The demand for qualified Assistants was as great as ever.
PART II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASES.
8. Table II shows the number of deaths from contagious diseases reported during
the year. Reports have been received from all the districts.
9. The total mortality reported from contagious diseases as compared with the
two previous years was as follows:—
Equines
Bovines
Others
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1912-13.
178
42,311
3,053
1913-14.
236
26,820
2.365
1914-15.
627
32,834
2,819
These figures, as supplied by the District Officers, have been checked by the
local Veterinary Assistants as far as possible, and since the present system of reporting
outbreaks of cattle-disease has been extended in this province, some progress has been
noticed, but there is still great room for improvement.
EQUINES.
10. Glanders.—There were 4 deaths reported from 2 districts against 4 cases
reported from the same number of districts in the previous year. Compensation was
given in 3 cases.
11. Anthrax.—Thirty-two deaths were reported from 5 districts during the year
against 21 deaths reported from 4 districts in the previous year. The diagnosis was
confirmed microscopically in all the districts except Lushai Hills.
12. Surra.—There were 17 deaths reported from 4 districts. In the previous year
70 deaths were reported from 5 districts. The diagnosis was confirmed microscopically
in all the districts.
13. Dourine and Epizootic Lymphangitis.—No case of Dourine or Epizootic
Lymphangitis was reported during the year.
14. Other contagious diseases.—The number of deaths from other contagious
diseases is 674 against 191 of the previous year, but no details have been given by the
District Officers.
BOVINES.
15. Rinderpest.—-This disease has been reported from 9 districts and caused
9,934 deaths against 7,923 deaths in the previous year. The increase in mortality is
accounted for by the prevalonce of a severe type of the disease in the sub-divisions
of Karimganj, Goalpara, Dibrugarh and in the district of Garo Hills. Kamrup also
reports a high mortality. The disease was most severe and widespread in Lakhimpur.
16. Foot and Mouth disease.—This disease has been reported from 10 districts and
caused 4,625 deaths. In the previous year 4,120 deaths were reported from 11
districts. The heaviest mortality was reported from Goalpara.
17. Hæmorrhagic Septiæmia.—There
were 5,355 deaths reported from this
disease from 9 districts during the year. In the previous year 4,947 deaths from all
districts of the Province were reported. The heaviest mortality was reported from
Kamrup and Nowgong. The diagnosis was confirmed by microscopic examination in
the districts of Cachar, Sylhet, Goalpara, Kamrup, Darrang and Sibsagar.
18. Blackquarter.—This disease was reported from 2 districts and caused 126
deaths against 6 deaths in the previous year. No report of the prevalence of this
disease was received at the time and no action could be taken.