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APPENDIX XXVIII.
Statement showing districts where outbreaks of cattle disease occurred during 1896-97.
DISTRICT.
1
Backergunge ... ...
Dinajpur
...
...
Saran ... ...
Purnea
...
...
Midnapore ... ...
Rangpur
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
Angul ... ...
Bogra
...
...
Monghyr
...
...
Tippera
...
...
Jalpaiguri
...
...
Muzaffarpur ... ...
Palamau
...
...
Manbhutn
...
...
Bankura
...
...
Calcutta
RINDERPEST.
Number
at-
tacked.
2
...
447
226
718
439
122
406
... 6
...
625 77
173
1,308
171
Number died.
3
...
363
110
231
192
99
227
92
No
death.
...
359 67
94
871
150
Percentage of
deaths.
4
...
81.2
48.6
326
437
81.1
55.9
...
...
...
57.4 74.2
... 53.7
665
87.7
ANTHRAX.
Number
at-
tacked.
5
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
Number died.
6
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
Percentage of
deaths.
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
... ... ...
...
...
FOOT-AND-MOUTH
DISEASE.
Number
at-
tacked.
8
...
... ...
...
...
2,053
...
...
...
612
...
... 825
...
...
...
Number died.
9
...
...
...
... ...
... 625
...
... ...
12
...
... 64
...
... ...
Percentage of
deaths.
10
...
...
...
...
...
... 30.4
...
...
...
1.9
...
... 7.7
...
...
...
PLEURO-
PNEUMONIA.
Number
at-
tacked.
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
... ...
...
Number died.
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
Percentage of
deaths.
13
...
...
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
... ...
CHARBON
SYMPTOMATIC.
Number
at-
tacked.
14
...
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
Number died.
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
Percentage of
deaths.
16
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
DIARRIIŒA.
Number
at-
tacked.
17
67
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
Number died.
18
65
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Percentage of
deaths.
19
97.9
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
... ... ...
...
...
...
OTHER DISEASES.
Number
at-
tacked.
20
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
Number died.
21
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
Percentage of
deaths.
22
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
APPENDIX XXVIIIA.
1st.—The system of reporting to be altered in that all contagious cattle disease,
whether epizootic or sporadic, he reported at once to this office, and these
reports to he continued weekly until the end of the outbreak; figures to be
given (that this can be done is shown by the reports submitted by the
District Superintendent of Palamau, Mr. Fullerton).
2nd.— Forms for the reports in Vernacular and English to be provided in each thana
and the supply kept up.
3rd.—A list of contagious diseases to be prepared, giving symptoms, treatment, etc.,
together with good coloured pictures of animals suffering from the diseases
for general information.
4th.—This information to be placarded in front of every police-station in a prominent
place under a glass cover to protect it from the weather, so that every man
may know at once the nature of the disease when an outbreak takes place
amongst his cattle.
5th.—Two more Veterinary Assistants at Rs. 40 a month and travelling expenses to
be taken onto my staff (at present a few have been sent into the districts
who are not permanently employed, but it cannot be expected that they will
always be available, as they will settle down to private practice, and will
then probably object to temporary work. I have one man on my permanent
staff, but he is not enough for the work).
6th.—The local police to be responsible that domes and chamars be engaged to slash
the skins of animals that have died of infectious disease other than anthrax
and to bury the carcasses, for which they would be paid or cinerators
might be used to burn the carcasses.
7th.—If an early report has been made, three-fourths of the expenses of the outbreak
to be paid from Provincial funds.
8th.—If the outbreak has not been properly reported, the thana to pay the whole of
the expenses. The Revenue Department to be the judge.
9th.-A
piece of land to be enclosed temporarily as a segregation hospital. (If
temporarily, it should be ploughed up after the outbreak and lie fallow for
21 days)—
(a) or the sick to be kept in the villages and the healthy kept outside in the
fields for 21 days after the last case has recovered.
10th.—The healthy to be watched for further outbreak for 21 days. They could do
their ordinary work meantime.
11th.—Removal of cattle from an area declared infected to be forbidden for 21 days
after the last case has recovered.
12th.—A Chaukidar should be placed in charge of the segregation hospital, and if
considered desirable, he would have the feeding of the sick cattle to attend
to ; and both his pay and the feed of the animals might be defrayed from
the Provincial funds, providing the outbreak be at once reported, otherwise
the expense would fall entirely upon the thana.
13th.—The presence of reliable Veterinary Assistants would save both the police and
the Subdivisional Officer a great deal of trouble.
14th.—The above suggestions might be considered as temporary means for combating
disease. In due course the staff could be drafted into dispensaries or other
appointments.*
* It is not known yet how far Professor Koch's discoveries may cause these recommendations about rinderpest to be
modified.