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Black Quarter.—This disease occurred in 10 districts, viz., West Khándesh,
East Khándesh, Násik, Ahmednagar, Poona, Sholápur, Sátára, Belgaum, Bijá-
pur and Thána. There were 733 attacks and 623 deaths as against 1,345 attacks
and 1,125 deaths respectively last year.
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia,—This disease occurred in 13 districts, viz.,
East Khándesh, Poona, Belgaum, Bijápur, Dhárwár, Kánara, Kolába, Thána,
Surat, Broach, Kaira, Panch Maháls and Ahmedabad. There were 3,991 attacks
and 3,292 deaths as against 4,511 attacks and 3,651 deaths last year.
Foot and Mouth Disease.—This disease appeared in the whole Presidency
except two districts, viz., Kánara and Broach. The total number of attacks
and deaths amounted to 12,123 and 79 as against 5,586 and 62 respectively
last year.
Rinderpest.—The disease made its appearance in 13 districts besides the
City of Bombay. The districts affected were West Khándesh, East Khándesh,
Násik, Ahmednagar, Poona, Belgaum, Bijápur, Dhárwár, Kolába, Thána,
Broach, Kaira, Ahmedabad. The total number of attacks and deaths was 4,388
and 2,249 as against 3,046 and 1,520 respectively last year.
Rabies.—There were 71 cases observed against S6 last year.
6. Table 11 gives 7,568 as mortality among animals compared with 7,354
for the last year, showing an increase of 214.
7. There has been a considerable increase in the number of outbreaks of
contagious diseases attended by Veterinary Assistants during the year under
report. In all 794 outbreaks have been attended against 602 last year. Of
these 109 were Rinderpest, 22 Anthrax, 264 Foot and Mouth disease, 260
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, 70 Black Quarter, 27 Surra and 42 others. The
number of anti-rinderpest inoculations performed amounted to 7,745 against
1,872 last year. In 74 out of the 109 outbreaks preventive inoculations were
carried out. Prejudice against this operation is gradually being overcome and
there is every reason to believe that with increased supervision and more trained
men great advance will be made.
8. During the year under report 361 specimens were forwarded by Veteri-
nary Assistants for microscopical examination at the Bombay Veterinary
College and 42 for college museum against 583 last year. The attention of all
Inspectors and Veterinary Assistants has been drawn to the importance of this
work and it is hoped that very much more attention will be paid to it in future.
(2)—Other diseases.
9. The Veterinary Assistants treated 21,416 cases on tour of which 14,797
were for contagious diseases and 6,600 for non-contagious diseases against 11,291
last year of which 6,122 were for contagious cases and the remainder non-
contagious. This increase is due to the systematic touring of the Veterinary
Assistants in all villages within easy reach of their Head-Quarters. They thus
become known to cattle owners and by their advice and assistance can largely
develope the usefulness of the dispensaries.
(3)—Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries.
10. At the commencement of the year there were 35 Veterinary Dispen-
saries and 5 more were opened during the year, viz., (1) at Sawada (East Khán-
desh District), (2) Málegaon (Násik), (3) Bágalkot (Bijápur), (4) Bárdoli (Surat),
(5) Dholka (Ahmedabad), making a total of 40. Of these the following, viz.,
Dhulia, Jalgaon, Násik, Nagar, Poona, Sholápur, Sátára, Belgaum, Bijápur,
Dhárwár, Ratnágiri, Alibág, Kalyán, Surat, Broach, Godhra, Nadiád and Ahmed-
abad, were 1st Class dispensaries and the remainder, viz., Nandurbár, Amalner,
Sawada, Yeola, Malegaon, Miri, Shrigonda, Baramati, Karád, Chikodi, Bail
Hongal, Bágalkot, Gadag, Sirsi, Mahád, Panvel, Pálghar, Bulsár, Bárdoli, Anand,
Viramgaum and Dholka were 2nd Class dispensaries. There were thus, 18 1st
Class and 22 2nd Class.