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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE CIVIL VETERINARY
DEPARTMENT IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR
1910-1911.
During the year under report Mr. K. Hewlett held charge as Superin-
tendent, Civil Veterinary Department, from 1st April to 25th June, when he was
transferred as Principal of the Bombay Veterinary College, and Lt.-Col. H. M.
Maxwell took over and continued to hold charge throughout the year.
2. The Superintendent was away from head-quarters for 192 days as
against 164 last year. He travelled 13,311 miles by rail, 1,052 by road and
320 miles by sea as against 13,373 by rail, 99S by road and 448 by sea last year.
3. Tours were made in connection with cattle breeding, horse breeding,
and contagious diseases of animals in various parts of the Presidency. The
State studs at Bhávnagar, Pálitána, Junágad, Rájkot and Wánkaner were
visited. The Superintendent inspected every stallion stand, and every Veteri-
nary Dispensary in the Presidency. He attended the cattle shows at Sholápur,
Viramgám, Ahmedabad and Panwel, and horse shows at Ahmednagar and.
Ahmedabad. He inspected the Northcote Cattle Farm at Chharodi 5 times.
He attended as a member of the Board of Examiners at the Bombay Veterinary
College in November and December and conducted supplementary examinations
held there in March. He controlled the working of the Glanders and Farcy
Act in the Presidency outside the City of Bombay. Mr. Hewlett made the
cattle survey of half the Dhárwár District in April and May 1910 when he also
attended outbreaks of cattle disease.
I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION—VETERINARY COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.
4. There is no information to be recorded under this heading as the
subject is dealt with in the Annual Report of the Bombay Veterinary College.
II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASE—CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, OUTBREAKS,
MORTALITY, PREVENTIVE INOCULATION, &C.
5. During the year under report, outbreaks of contagious disease occurred
in all the districts of the Presidency as well as in the City of Bombay. The
number of equines reported to have died from contagions disease during the
year amounted to 420 and the number of bovines to 7,148 compared with
336 equines and 7,018 bovines last year. These figures, however, owing to the
conditions under which the information is collected, can only be looked upon as
giving some idea of the mortality during the year.
Glanders—Farcy.—There were 5 cases reported and destroyed under the Act
in the City of Bombay as against 6 last year and one was reported and destroyed
at the Army Remount Depôt, Ahmednagar. This case was detected by the
Veterinary Officer of the Depôt among some Arab remounts purchased at
Bombay.
Surra.—There were 34 cases reported from the City of: Bombay, which
were dealt with under the Act, and from the Presidency 377 as noted below :—
Poona 3, Belgaum 1, Kolába 9, Thána 113, Surat 7, Broach 37, Panch
Mahals 3, and Ahmedabad 204, thus the total number of cases which
occurred during the year was 411 as against 325 last year. The Thána and
Kolába Districts being scheduled, the cases occurring there were dealt with
under the Act.
Epizootic Lymphangitis.—Two cases were reported from Bombay and were
dealt with under the Act.
Anthrax.—Outbreaks were reported from 11 districts, viz., Násik, Sholápur,
Sátára, Belgaum, Dhárwár, Kánara, Ratnágiri, Kolába, Thána, Broach and
Ahmedabad. There were 1,114 attacks and 752 deaths as against 743 attacks
and 523 deaths last year.