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44. Central Provinces — Rinderpest appeared in every part of the province
except Wardha, Nagpur and Chanda, but was not so serious as last year. Eleven
thousand, four hundred and fourteen cattle were inoculated in 198 outbreaks.
More inoculations would have been done had men been available for the purpose.
45. Madras.—The loss from Rinderpest was heavy in Kistna, Kurnool,
Guntur and Nellore. No records are given of the outbreaks, but the number of
cattle inoculated is reported to be 11,043.
46. Considerable progress has been made in dealing with this disease.
47. Anthrax.—The same remarks apply as were made last year. The
figures given show that 16,100 cases were reported in the whole of India, the
majority, 12,082, having occurred in Madras, and Eastern Bengal and Assam
1,576. The disease appears to be steadily on the decline in Madras but it is
still serious in Kistna where it has not been possible to carry out inoculation.
In Eastern Bengal and Assam the disease was most prevalent in Cachar and
Sylhet. In Bombay, cases occurred in Poona, Sholapur, Dharwar, Ratnagiri,
Panch Mahals and Ahmedabad. Punjab reports 210 in three districts and the
United Provinces 857 deaths in 19 districts. Bengal, 456 cases in 10 districts.
48. Only 11,295 inoculations were carried out, nearly all in Madras.
Reports were, as a rule, received too 1 ate in other Provinces.
49. Hæmorrhagic Septicœmia—The total number of deaths reported is
24,284. The disease occurred in 27 districts of the Punjab, Lyallpur, Lahore
and Amritsar suffering most. There were 1,069 deaths in 23 districts of the
United Provinces, 685 in 5 districts of Bombay, 9,086 in Madras and 670 in 3
districts of the North West Frontier Province.
50. Preventive inoculation of incontact cattle in the infected villages was
carried out in the Punjab in 25,951 cases, United Provinces 4,153, North-
West Frontier Province 4,946, Madras 679, Eastern Bengal and Assam 376,
Central Provinces 105 and Bombay 60 There is, therefore, a very considerable
increase in the number of inoculations performed, 36,270 against 13,315 last
year, and the results so far as can be ascertained, are satisfactory.
51. Foot and Mouth disease.—As usual this malady has been generally
prevalent. The reports show 21,297 deaths during the year. The disease was
most prevalent and fatal in Eastern Bengal and Assam, where 10,172 head of
cattle perished. It has, however, not been so troublesome in other Provinces,
there being a marked decrease in the number of deaths in Burma, viz., 3,404
against 12,308 last year, and in Madras, 2,794 against 4,074 in 1905-06. In the
Punjab, Bengal and Bombay, the number of deaths reported is slightly in
excess of last year but is insignificant.
52. Black Quarter.—Some progress has been made in operations against
this serious malady, especially in the Punjab. Effective vaccines against the
disease are available and the results obtained from their use in other countries
are excellent. In America, losses have been reduced from 10 to 15 per cent
annually to 0.5 per cent. Attempts have been made in the Punjab and North-
West Frontier Province to ascertain in what villages it is prevalent and to
immunise the young cattle in them. In the Punjab, 3,151, in the North-West
Frontier Province 1,500 and in the United Provinces 260 young cattle have
been inoculated with good results. The preparation used was " Blacklegoids ".
The total number of deaths reported is 6,887, the majority being from Madras.
It is hoped that as the staff increases we shall be able to extend these operations.
53. Other contagious diseases.—The remarks made last year apply this
year.
54. Contagious disease amongst other animals.--No reliable reports have
been received regarding the prevalence of contagious disease amongst animals
other than horses and cattle. It has been estimated that about 10 per cent. of
camels die annually from Surra which is a terrible scourge to these animals.
The same remarks as were made last year apply this year.