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12. It will be seen that Berhampur heads the list of hospitals, Rajahmundry
running it a close second, while the dispensary at Tinnevelly also has very creditable
figures.
Other institutions which have done well during the year are Amalapuram, Parla-
kimedi, Sivagiri and Negapatam.
An outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease swelled the figures of the Sivagiri
hospital but the following Assistants may be given the credit for the success of the
other institutions mentioned:—C. Suryanarayanamurti, B. V. Seshadri, T. S.
Alagappa Pillai, S. C. Jeyasing Raj, L. Audinarayana Sarma, P. A. Parthasarathi
Nayudu and L. S. Parameswara Ayyar.
13. The name of C. Suryanarayanamurti is particularly brought to the notice
of Government.
In addition to raising his hospital in the course of a few years from a very lowly
position to the first place in the Presidency, during the year under report he castrated
107 animals and treated 65 cases in the villages around Berhampur. Altogether he
performed 873 castrations during the year.
14. There was a considerable fall in the hospitals at Saidapet, Hindupur and
Bellary.
The levying of fees is attributed as the cause in the case of the former while
the prevalence of Plague and Cholera seriously affected the work of all the institu-
tions in the Ceded districts, including the two mentioned.
15. The secret of success of a Veterinary hospital or dispensary lies almost
entirely with the officer in charge. The ryots and other owners of animals using an
institution are very quick to notice whether the patients are well treated or not. So
much does not depend on the Assistant's professional ability, although of course the
most brilliant man will be the most successful if other things are equal, as on the
point whether he gives his patients his personal attention or allows the compounder
or attendant to treat and dress them.
(ii) On tour.
16. At the end of the year there were 42 permanent touring Assistants'
billets in the Presidency which is the same number as in the previous year.
The touring staff during the year under review performed 110,772 inoculations
and vaccinations against and treated 11,546 cases of the different contagious diseases,
castrated 3,034 animals and treated 11,013 cases of non-contagious disease.
The figures for 1916-17 were 107,894 inoculations and vaccinations, 14,995
cases of contagious disease, 3,429 castrations and 6,665 cases of non-contagious
disease. There is again a fall in the number of castrations performed by the touring
staff and it is said to have been due to the large number of outbreak reports
received.
17. The figures of each district will be found given separately in tables III and
IV at the end of this report. The figures given in these tables in the present report
include the operations performed and cases treated by Inspectors and additional
Assistants on tour and as their number is comparatively small and this arrangement
prevents confusion, this will be done in future.
18. The work of the following touring Assistants is considered worthy of
mention:—
J. E. D. Sigamani and K. S. Bhuvarahachari in Ganjam, P. S. Kuppuswami
in Madura, A. S. Mahadeva Ayyar in Bezwada taluk, S. Anantayya Sastri and
C. N. Swaminathan in Bellary, N. R. Rajaratnam in Kurnool, and A. Krishnaswami
in Bhadrachalam taluk.
III.—CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
19. According to Table II, the figures of which are supplied by village officers,
70,018 cattle died of contagious disease during last year compared with 68,588 in
1916-17.
The increase is due entirely to the ravages of rinderpest there being, a fall
under every other head when compared with the figures of the previous year, as will
be observed from Table XV.