( 18 )
APPENDIX XXI—concluded.
District.
1
Bhagalpur
...
...
Sonthal Parganas ...
Dinajpur ... ...
Noakhal ... ...
Backergunge ... ...
Darjeeling ... ...
Name of disease.
2
Rinderpest ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Cattle disease (no
name given).
Foot and Mouth
and Rinderpest.
Character of the
disease.
3
Epidemic ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto ... ...
......
Epidemic ... ...
Date of outbreak.
4
May 1899 ... ...
May 1899 ... ...
June 1899 ... ...
August 1899 ... ...
May 1899 ... ...
October 1899 ... ...
Animals.
Attacked.
Animals.
Died.
5
2,739
463
18,590
687
1,187
2,693
Died.
6
537
204
4,140
589
728
166
Percentage
of deaths.
7
19.60
44.06
22.27
85.73
61.33
6.16
How the information about the
outbreak was received in
this office.
8
Prom the Director of Land Records,
Bengal.
From the Subdivisional Officers of
Rajmahal and Jamtara.
From Calcutta Gazette, of 28th
June.
From the Magistrate ... ... ...
Ditto ... ... ...
From the Deputy Commissioner ...
Remarks made by the District
Officers as to the outbreak
of disease.
9
Requested to send a Veterinary Assistant
Ditto ... ... ... ... ...
Requested me to investigate the disease
and if possible to take two other assis-
tants with me.
Action taken by the
Civil Veterinary Department.
10
A telegram was received from the
Director of Land Records, Bengal,
reporting an outbreak of Rinder-
pest among the bullocks of the
Bhagalpur Central Jail with a re-
quest
to
send a Veterinary
Assistant. One of the senior stu-
dents was sent and he was able to
check the disease completely. A
College Lecturer was also deputed to
supervise the work of the student.
The Subdivisional Officer of Rajmahal
requested me to send a Veterinary
Assistant, and a senior student was
deputed. The disease was checked
to a great extent when he was
called back to resume his studies.
In July the subdivisional Officer
again asked for the services of a
Veterinary Assistant, but none were
available. The Deputy Commis-
sioner was requested to lend the
services of the Dumka Veterinary
Assistant, but as he is paid from
private funds, his services could
not be lent. In March 1900, the
Subdivisional Officer of Jamtara re-
quested me to send a Veterinary
Assistant, and one was sent.
The Magistrate was asked whether
any assistance was required. He
forwarded a report from the Inspec-
tor of Police stating that the
disease was gradually subsiding.
Ten copies of Hallen's Manual
were sent for distribution.
A Veterinary Assistant was sent to the
Subdivision of Feni where the
disease broke out. He was able to
check the disease completely.
Cattle disease was reported in some
thanas in the Sadar subdivision.
The services of a Veterinary Assis-
tant were offered for a fortnight,
but no reply was received.
As I was engaged at the time in some
important work, and as the services
of no Veterinary Assistants were
available, two senior students were
sent. They visited several places,
but were called back to their
studies in November before the
outbreak was completely checked.
In December again, the Deputy
Commissioner requested me to send
a Veterinary officer to inoculate for
Rinderpest, but none was available.
It was settled at an interview with
the Deputy Commissioner at Kalim-
pong that the two Veterinary Assis-
tants at Darjeeling would be sent
down to the Bengal Veterinary Col-
lege to receive instruction in the
process of preventive inoculation
with bile and serum, against Rin-
derpest and it was done.