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12. There is great need of a Lazaretto in Karachi.
13. A very serious outbreak of "Foot and Month disease" took place in
Thar and Párker District and the Salutri attached to Nausháhro (Hyderabad
District) Veterinary Dispensary attended. He was able to treat 64 Bovine and 12
others successfully.
14. Hæmarrhagic Septiæmia is reported to have broken out in the Lar-
kána District; 32 deaths occurred*.
15. Others.—As shown in Table II, 4 deaths in dogs occurred from
Rabies, 10 from Pleuro Pneumonia and 84 from "Rot" in goats.
16. No Anthrax or Rinderpest was reported from the Province.
17. Vide Table III attached, no preventive inoculations were done during
the year. Almost all dispensaries are now supplied with apparatus, should it
be needed.
(2) Other Diseases.
18. Table IV shows the number of cases treated for other diseases by the
Veterinary Assistants on tour, villages visited and castrations performed, besides
those treated for contagious diseases. There were 276 Equines, 429 Bovines
and 609 others so treated. The number of castrations performed was 131 as
against 15 done last year.
(3) Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries.
19. There were 5 dispensaries in the Province on the 1st of April 1905,
viz., at Karachi, Hyderabad, Nausháhro, Shikárpur and Larkána. A new dis-
pensary was opened during the year at Jacobabad and thus there were 6
dispensaries in all at the close of the year under report.
20. The total number of patients treated at the dispensaries was 9,570 as
against 7,996 treated last year, the in-patients being 806 against 740 and out-
patients 8,764 against 7,256.
21. Table VI shows the financial condition of the Veterinary Dispensaries
in the Province. The receipts were Rs. 38,987-0-2 and the expenditure
Rs. 20,925-11-0 as against Rs. 34,034-12-1 and Rs. 18,133-15-4 respectively last
year. There was a balance of Rs. 18,061-5-2 available at the end of the year as
against Rs. 15,900-12-9 at the corresponding period last year.
22. The increase in the expenditure is accounted for by the addition of
one Veterinary Dispensary which was opened during the year.
23. Karachi Dispensary.—This dispensary continued its useful work
under Veterinary Graduate Haji. The total number of animals treated at
this dispensary was 4,131, of which 489 were in-patients and 3,642 out-patients
as against a total of 3,878 treated last year, of which 492 were in-patients and
3,386 out-patients. Two horses were castrated.
24. As shown in Table VI, the receipts were Rs. 8,968-7-8 and the expendi-
ture Rs. 6,725-14-11 against Rs. 8,407-4-3 and Rs. 7,288-2-7 respectively last
year. This leaves a balance of Rs. 2,242-8-9 available at the close of the year.
25. There is sufficient accommodation at the dispensary and a new cattle
shed was added to it during the year at a cost of Rs. 500.
26. Hyderabad Dispensary.—This dispensary has been satisfactorily worked
during the year by Veterinary Graduate Asudu Mall. A total number of
1,537 animals, of which 123 were in-patients and 1,414 out-patients, were
treated at this dispensary during the year under report as against a total of 1,290,
of which 108 were in-patients and 1,182 out-patients, treated last year.
27. The total number of castrations performed at this dispensary was 8, of
which 2 were bullocks and 6 horses.
28. The receipts and expenditure as shown in Table VI were Rs. 5,912-0-1
and Rs. 4,663-0-1 respectively, which left a balance of Rs. 1,249 available at
the close of the year.
29. The dispensary provides sufficient accommodation for all requirements,
the Salutri's quarters having been constructed during the year and other improve-
ments carried out.