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532. Another case occurred in which a Police horse was reported to have
died of Glanders, but no report reached the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department, until some weeks had elapsed. Even the nature of the disease
from which this horse died is uncertain, but, in order to guard against the
occurrence of such cases, the Commissioner of Settlements and Agriculture was
good enough to issue a Circular to all Deputy Commissioners, and the Inspector-
General of Police to all District Superintendents of Police, that all cases of
Glanders were to be reported by wire to the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department.
Bengal.
533. Amost severe outbreak is reported in Tirhoot.
At Kahala Factory, 4 horses were destroyed.
At Pertabpore also, Glanders has occurred.
At Chuckia, 9 horses have been destroyed.
At Teegrah, 1 horse has been destroyed.
At Sewan, 1 horse destroyed.
This is evidently a widespread outbreak; it is doubtful where it originated,
but there can be no doubt that it is one that has existed for some time, for a pony
belonging to Saran was destroyed for Glanders at the Muzaffarpur Meet last year.
534. The Indigo Planters of Behar are only too anxious to rid themselves
of this terrible disease, and are prepared to carry out such measures as might be
determined on to stamp it out. The Planters Association sanctioned the purchase
of a thousand doses of Mallein for the purpose of testing animals that have been
in contact with those known to be affected with Glanders—this should prove
effectual in eradicating the disease from Behar.
535. Under the above circumstances, as before stated, the Glanders and Farcy
Act has been put into operation, extra well-trained Veterinary Assistants are to
be employed in order to test all suspicious cases with Mallein, and I sincerely
trust that under the able guidance of Veterinary-Captain Raymond, the disease
will gradually be exterminated.
536. Under Section 14 of the Glanders and Farcy Act, which Act has been
extended to the districts of Saran, Champaran, and Muzaffarpur, and under which
section the Local Government is empowered to frame rules, the following have
been passed by His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. I deem it ad-
visable to give the rules in extenso, as I consider them most complete, and likely
to prove useful as a guide to other Local Governments and Administrations when
framing same for the working of the Act:—
Rule 1.—Every Inspector who receives information of the supposed existence, or who has reasonable
grounds to suspect the existence, of Glanders or Farcy in any place within the local area to which this Act has
been extended, shall proceed immediately to such place, and there execute and discharge the powers and
duties conferred and imposed upon him under this Act.
Rule 2.—An Inspector may, for the purpose of seizing any horse under section 5 of the Act, enter
and search any enclosure, field, building or other place, where he has reason to believe that any diseased
horse is to be found; but as far as practicable he shall conduct his search in the presence of the owner or of
the person in charge of the suspected horse, field, enclosure, building or other place, to whom notice shall be
given previous to the search.
Rule 3.—Every person having in his possession or under his charge any diseased horse shall (1) keep
the diseased horse separate from other horses not diseased, and (2) give information of the fact of the disease
as soon as possible, to an Inspector under the Act, or if there be no Inspector at any place nearer than the
nearest police-station to that police-station, and the officer in charge of that station, if not himself an Inspector
under the Act shall forthwith report the same to an Inspector and to the District Superintendent of Police.
Rule 4.—When a diseased horse is destroyed under section 8 of the Act, the owner or the person in
charge of the horse shall without delay cause the carcass to be buried or burnt. The litter and the line gear
shall in all cases be burnt.
Rule 5.—When the carcass of a horse destroyed under the Act is buried, the grave shall not be less than
9 feet deep, and the skin of the carcass shall be slashed to prevent its being used. All earth contaminated with blood
or discharges shall be thrown into the grave, and the carcass shall be covered with 20lbs. of quicklime.
Rule 6.—The owner or person in charge of infected articles or places shall be responsible for carrying out the
following orders as soon as possible after the issue of the notice under section 9 of the Act :—
(i)—Every piece of stable gear connected in any way with a diseased horse shall be destroyed by fire, except
iron-work, and that shall be made red-hot.
(ii)—The roof of a building shall be well cleaned and freed from all dust and cobwebs.
(iii)—The walls shall be scraped, feeding troughs burnt, and all wood-work within reach of horses
carefully washed with hot water mixed with crude carbolic acid or phenyle in the proportion of 5 per cent. of acid
or phenyle.