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(2) Other Diseases.
Other disease—Table IV.
8. Instructions were issued at the beginning of the year that all Veteri-
nary Assistants should do a certain amount of touring
each month as apart from visits for attendance on
reported outbreaks of epidemic disease. These tours have been of considerable
value in making known the work of the department in the villages and of
bringing to light unreported outbreaks of disease. When all dispensaries are
provided with trained Salutri-compounders the amount of touring to be done
by Veterinary Assistants will be increased. Two thousand five hundred and
forty-three cases were treated for contagious and non-contagious diseases and
11 castrations were performed on tour as compared with 2,916 animals treated
and 2 castrations performed last year.
Veterinary Assistants visited 938 villages against 381 villages visited
last year.
(3) Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries.
Veterinary
Dispensaries—
Table V.
9. At the commencement of the year there were 11 dispensaries working
in the province. One more was opened at Kandkot
in the Upper Sind Frontier District in August 1914.
Arrangements were made to open dispensaries in hired buildings at Matli
in the Hyderabad District and at Nawábsháh, but suitable graduates could not
be obtained and the dispensaries were not opened.
The number of patients actually treated at dispensaries was 15,706 and
medicines and advice were supplied to the owners of 1,839 cases which were
not brought to the dispensaries, making a total of 17,545 against 16,013 in the
previous year. The number of castrations performed at dispensaries was 69 as
compared with 74 last year.
Buildings and accommodation.
10. Buildings were completed at Sujawal, Tatta and Mirpurkhas during
the year under report. Additions and alterations
were carried out at the Jacobabad, Shikárpur and
Hála dispensaries.
Standard plans for veterinary dispensaries in Sind are under consideration.
III.—BREEDING OPERATIONS.
11. There is nothing to be recorded under this head as there are no
breeding operations carried on in the province by the Civil Veterinary
Department.
(4) Fairs and Shows.
Fairs and Shows—Table XIV.
12. A cattle show was held at Landhi in the Karáchi District in February
1915 in conjunction with the Agricultural Show.
One-hundred and fifty-one animals competed for
prizes. A sum of Rs. 179, two silver medals and a lungi were awarded from
Local Funds and two silver tumblers were presented by an Indian gentleman.
This was the first show held at Landhi. The classes were well filled and on
the whole the cattle, which were of the Karáchi breed, were of good quality.
IV.—SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT.
Strength of establishment—
Table VII.
13. At the commencement of the year there were 11 Veterinary Assistants
employed. Two men were appointed during the
year.
Twelve Veterinary Assistants were employed at dispensaries and one as
reserve. Of the 13 Veterinary Assistants, 11 are Government servants and 2
are paid by District Local Boards.
Khan Sáhib S. G. Haji held the post of Deputy Superintendent through-
out the year. He was on tour in the province for 158 days as against 150 last
year. He travelled 5,233 miles by rail and 1,209 miles by road as compared
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