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prompt notification to this department, and consequent earlier attendance
of Veterinary Assistants, though in the latter there is still much to be desired.
8. In some cases it came to my notice that the police failed to report
at all, and in others the disease had subsided before this department got the
report.
EQUINES.
9. Glanders.—There
were 260 cases of deaths from this disease against
182 of the previous year. Of these 240 cases occurred at the Sodepur-Pinjra-
pole alone, and the remainder in the districts of — Burdwan 1, Mursaidabad 1,
Darjeeling 3, Rangpur 3, Mymensingh 6 and Barisal 6. The outbreaks were
severe in the districts of Barisal and Mymensingh ; and the Act ( Glanders and
Farcy Act) not being in force throughout the latter district, some inconvenience
was felt in dealing with the cases detected in the Kishoregunge subdivision.
The Act has since been enforced in this locality, but to avoid such difficulties
in future, steps are being taken to expend the provisions of this Act throughout
the newly constituted Presidency, as was done in the case of the old province
of Bengal.
10. As regards the working of this Act in certain Municipalities in West
Bengal complained of in the last year's report, necessary steps have been
taken, by the local bodies concerned, to improve the sanitary condition of
the hack stables, except by the Municipality of Burdwan for which a separate
report will be submitted shortly.
11. Rupees 282 was awarded as compensation for destruction of 7 horses
under the Act.
12. Anthrax.—Only
ten cases of deaths are reported from this disease
against two of the previous year. At Mymensingh town only, it took something
like an epidemic form, causing seven deaths among equines and six among
bovines. The diagnosis was confirmed by bacteriological examination, and
prompt preventive inoculation was performed, to check the spread of the
disease.
13. Surra and Dourine.—There
was only one death under this head,
namely, one of surra at Sodepur-Pinjrapole.
14. Other diseases.—There
were 75 deaths from other diseases at the
Sodepur-Pinjrapole and 20 at Mymensingh, but no details thereof are available.
BOVINES.
15. The following are the most common contagious diseases in cattle :—
Rinderpest, Foot and Mouth, Hæmorrhagic septicæmia, Black-quarter and
Anthrax, and the total number of deaths reported from all these was 7,637
against 8,522 of the previous year.
16. Rinderpest.—This disease was fairly prevalent throughout the pro-
vince, and caused heavy mortality in the districts of Burdwan, Nadia,
Murshidabad, Khulna, Jalpaiguri, Faridpur and Malda. The total number of
deaths from it was 5,154 against 5,483 of the previous year.
The decrease noticed is due apparently to the disease being leas prevalent
in some districts, i.e., Mymensingh, Chittagong, Rangpur and Noakhali.
17. Foot ana Mouth.— As usual this disease caused a very few deaths, the
total number being 433 against 497 of the previous year.
18. Hœmorrhagic septicœmia broke out rather badly in the districts of
Faridpur, Khulna and Mymensingh, where 146, 348 and 202 animals were
reported to have succumbed to it.
19. Anthrax.—This
disease is reported to have caused deaths in six
districts. The cases at Mymensingh only were confirmed by microscopical
examination.
20. There were no other diseases of an epidemic nature to mention.
TABLE III.—PREVENTIVE INOCULATION.
21. Table III shows the result of preventive inoculation performed
during the year.