( 15 )
(b) A suitable room should be set apart in each Gowkhana- for the use of the
Veterinary Assistants as a pharmacy and office ;
(c) A stable should be set apart as a hospital, and
(d) There should be an isolation ward or if space cannot be provided for this
purpose, infectious oases might be sent to Belgatchia.
(The isolation arrangements I observed in the Circular Road Gowkhana did not
appear to me to be very satisfactory.)
With regard to the stamping out and future prevention of glanders, I would recommend
that—
(a) No pony be admitted to the reconstructed stables until it has been tested with
mallein.
(b) Every pony should have his special stall and a set of stable gear, and the ponies
should be kept in batches as fax as possible, because by this means, outbreaks
of infectious disease can be readily localized.
(c) The drinking water should be conveyed to each stall by means of metal pipes and
run into a suitable vessel fixed in the stall. "Watering from troughs is
the chief cause of propagating disease and should be absolutely prohibited.
Watering from pails is unreliable, because, the pails are constantly
interchanged and thus carry disease and they are easily damaged or lost.
Animals should, for similar reasons, not be fed from pails ; a cheap form
of manger in each stall is the best.
(d) Veterinary assistance should be given to the officer purchasing new ponies, and
very new pony should be isolated and tested with mallein before it is allowed
access to the stables.
These are the general outlines of the system which should be pursued. As the
stables are at present saturated with infection, it is hopeless to prevent reinfection from
glanders until they are rebuilt; but much may be done towards reducing the amount of
the disease if mallein be now used as a preliminary to a final testing before the new
stables are occupied. It is very desirable that mallein should be applied in this way,
as it is to be feared that alarm will be created when the enormous death-rate from glanders
amongst the municipal ponies becomes known.
APPENDIX XX.
Statement shotting districts where outbreaks of cattle disease occurred during 1899-1900.
Province.
1
BENGAL
DISTRICT.
2
Burdwan ...
Birbhum ...
Bankura ...
Midnapore ...
Hooghly
...
Howrah
...
24-Parganas
...
Nadia
...
Murshidabad ...
Jessore
...
Khulna
...
Rajshahi
...
Dinajpur ...
Jalpaiguri ...
Darjeeling ...
Rangpur ...
Bogra ...
Pabna
...
Dacca
Mymensingh
...
Faridpur
...
Backergunge ...
Tippera
...
Noakhali
...
Chittagong ...
Patna ...
Gaya
...
Shahabad
...
Saran ...
Champaran
...
Muzaffarpur ...
Darbhanga
...
Monghyr
...
Bhagalpur ...
Purnea
...
Malda ...
Sonthal Parganas
Cuttack ...
Balasore
...
Angul ...
Puri ...
Hazaribagh ...
Ranchi
...
Palamau ...
Manbhum ...
Singhbhum ...
RINDERPEST.
Number
at-
tacked.
3
4,847
42,940
316
8,292
2,284
75
844
3,892
889
278
736
3,518
4,868
1,656
690
232
171
658
1,053
205
325
836
589
431
1,415
1,798
7,850
3,910
199
98
241
311
2,351
1,882
20
732
263
2,197
2,771
136
6,330
538
90
2.871
5,016
723
Number died.
4
2,902
26,818
141
5,084
1,171
68
575
1,571
423
164
618
1,537
2,476
745
59
195
122
399
696
95
205
503
336
360
1,200
652
857
1,174
119
83
165
180
607
525
4
388
125
1,197
1,101
18
1,383
247
65
239
2,053
399
Percentage of
deaths.
5
59.87
62.45
44.62
61.31
5l.26
90.66
68.12
40.36
47.58
58.99
8396
43.08
50.86
44.98
8.55
84.05
71.34
60.63
66.09
46.34
63.07
60.16
57.04
83.52
84.80
36.26
1091
30.02
59.79
84.69
68.49
57.87
25.81
27.89
20
53.00
47.52
54.48
89.73
13.23
21.84
45.91
72.22
8.32
40.92
55.18
ANTHRAX.
Number
at-
tacked.
6
...
... 154
2
... 178
7
6
... 18
90
3
70
... 18
... ... 78
97
21
30
169
... 46
36
6
... 8
152
40
3
... 9
3
75
258
3
13
37
4
780
56
Number died.
7
...
...
116
1
... 173
6
4
... 11
28
3
52
... 18
...
... 62
70
12
28
156
33
30
4
... 1
99
40
3
8
1
66
221
2
... 5
... 15
2
384
20
Percentage of
deaths.
8
...
... 75.32
50
... 97.19
85.71
66.66
... 61.11
31.11
100
74.28
... 100
... ...
79.48
72.16
50
9333
92.30
71.73
83.33
66.66
12.5
65.13
...
100
100
88.88
33.33
88
85.65
66.66
38.46
40.54
50
49.23
3571
FOOT-AND-MOUTH
DISEASE.
Number
at-
tacked.
9
...
... 20
...
...
... 266
359
186
118
883
13,422
27,702
1.977
...
...
l','212
90
62
24,174
24
212
11
408
2,529
828
235
25
101
... 794
2,377
35
2,709
6,549
... 14
Number died.
10
...
... 7
...
... ... 5
3
2
... 100
7
1,472
2,295
85
... 3
...
...
...
...
... 286
11
137
... 4
9
17
3
1
...
...
... 77
... 115
1
91
186
... 12
Percentage of
deaths.
11
35
...
1.87
.83
1.07
84.74
.79
10.96
8.28
4.29
...
...
.24
...
...
...
lis
45.83
64.15
36.36
2-21
.67
.36
.42
...
9.69
4.83
2.85
3.35
2.84
85.71
PLEURO-
PNEUMONIA.
Number
at-
tacked.
12
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
—
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
.
Number died.
13
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
Percentage of
deaths.
14
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
... ...
...
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
... ...
CHARBON
SYMPTOMATIQUE.
Number
at-
tacked.
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number died.
16
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Percentage of
deaths.
17
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
OTHER DISEASES.
Number
at-
tacked.
18
4
...
... 41
58
12
8
14
... 13
... 108
230
... 8
...
...
... 74
21
29
92
102
210
6
29
37
395
494
... 332
51
13
20
...
... 24
1,044
42
... 93
7
71
3
10
36
Number died.
19
1
... ... 25
... 12
5
5
... 6
...
... 140
... 4
...
...
... 57
20
29
69
41
196
0
23
12
164
284
... 177
30
8
1
...
... 13
871
39
... 49
6
46
3
4
20
Percentage of
deaths.
20
25
... ... 60.97
... 100
62.5
3570
... 46.15
...
... 60.86
... 50
...
...
... 77.02
95.23
100
75
40.19
93.33
100
79.34
32.43
41.51
96.59
... 53.31
76.47
61.53
5
...
... 5416
83.42
92.85
... 52.68
71.42
64.78
100
40
55.55
TOTAL.
Number at-
tacked.
21
4,851
42,940
490
8,335
2,342
265
1,125
4,271
1,075
309
944
4,512
18,590
29,358
2,693
232
171
736
1,224
1,462
384
1,187
691
687
1,457
1,895
32,061
4,337
1,057
98
624
771
4,803
2,739
255
760
463
5,499
3,610
136
8,813
580
2,907
9,427
5,806
828
Number died.
22
2,903
26,818
264
5,110
1,171
253
591
1,583
425
181
746
1,547
4,140
3,040
166
195
122
461
823
130
262
728
377
589
1,236
679
1,155
1,350
639
83
386
231
632
537
5
389
204
2,289
1,219
18
1,552
255
217
430
2,441
451
Percentage of
deaths.
23
59.84
62.45
53.87
61.30
50
95.47
52.54
37.06
39.53
58.57
79.02
34.28
22.27
10.35
6.16
84.05
71.34
62.63
67.23
8.89
68.22
61.33
54 55
85.73
84.83
35.83
3.60
31.12
60.45
84.69
61.85
29.96
12.91
19.60
1.96
51.18
44.06
65.41
33.76
13.23
17.66
43.62
7.46
4.56
42.04
54.49