3
(b) Naushahro.
Results of treatment.
Cured
...
...
Relieved ...
...
Died
...
...
Incurable
...
...
Unknown ...
...
Remaining ... ...
Total ...
235
54
8
10
4
6
317
Itinerating Veterinary Graduate Ansari.—Inspected by me on the 14th
January 1900. The dispensary buildings are satis-
factory, but infirmary stables, as pointed out by me
last year, are still urgently needed. The number of
cases treated during the year was 317 as against
396 last year. In-patients 15, out-patients 302. Seven
cases of castration are reported against 5 last year.
Outbreaks of gloss-anthrax and foot and mouth disease
occurred during the year under report, but these were
of an unimportant character and quickly stamped out.
The report submitted by the Veterinary Graduate is
very brief, and I have drawn his attention to this mat-
ter. The financial state of the institution appears
satisfactory.
Receipts ... ... ...
Expenditure
...
... ...
Balance ...
Rs.
2,028
1,588
440
a.
14
13
1
p.
10
10
0
(c) Karáchi.
Results of treatment
Cured ... ...
Relieved ... ...
Died
...
...
Incurable ... ...
Unknown ... ...
Remaining ...
...
Total ...
2,575
25
29
1
Nil
32
2,622
"Richmond Crawford Veterinary Dispensary." Veterinary Graduate
Haji.—Inspected by me on the 20th October 1899,
and found to be in a most satisfactory condition. The
total number of cases during the year amounted to 2,622 against 2,234 last year.
In-patients 300, out-patients 2,322. Four cases of castration are reported as
against 1 last year. There were 3 cases of glanders
during the year; they were promptly detected, the
diseased horses were destroyed, their carcases burnt, all
necessary disinfection carried out, and thus the spread
of the disease was at once checked. Foot and mouth
disease prevailed in Karáchi among the bullocks of the
Municipal Conservancy Department from the 29th
April to the 16th May 1899, but the outbreak was not
of a serious nature, all animals recovering. Terrible
mortality has occurred during the year among cattle
in the hilly portions of the district owing to the long
continued drought. The Collector writes as follows on this subject :—
"I cannot to-day give even a rough estimate of the extent of the mortality, but there
can be no doubt that in Kohistán the horned cattle and sheep died 'wholesale,' while camels
and other animals suffered very materially throughout almost the entire district."
The shoeing forge attached to the dispensary did good work during the
year, 470 horses being shod there, giving an average monthly income of
Rs. 53-13-8.
As in previous years the animals of the various public institutions were
treated at the dispensary free of charge, as follows:—
Institution.
Karáchi Municipality... ... ...
The S. P. C. A. ... ... ...
Karachi Police ... ... ...
Zoological Garden ... ... ...
Vaccination Department
...
... ...
Total ...
No. of
animals
treated.
252
27
53
8
130
470
During the year under report the Veterinary Graduate again assisted the
Government of Ceylon in the selection, purchase, and shipment of cows for the
Government dairy at Colombo. The Collector speaks most highly of the work
done by the Veterinary Graduate, in which I fully concur. The financial state
of the institution is shown below.