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Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeons in his jurisdiction, most of them twice,
except the Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon on Fituri duty and the dispensaries
at Yellamanchilli and Draksharam, which could not be inspected as they were opened
during the latter part of the official year. He arranged for and conducted serum
simultaneous inoculations against Rinderpest on 133 head of cattle belonging to private
gentlemen at Samalkot, Bobbili and Mandasa and served as an Examiner for the
Madras post-graduate course and the annual professional examinations of the Madras
and Bengal Veterinary Colleges.
(b) Officers of the Madras Veterinary Service.
5. M.R.Ry. H. C. Sampath Ayyangar Avargal was in charge of the old II
Circle, Bellary, up to 1st November 1923 and the new III Circle, Bellary, from that
date to the end of the year. He was on tour for 188 days. In addition to his
inspection work, he treated 14 cases of Nasal granuloma with tartar emetic injec-
tion, protected 25 animals against Rinderpest at the Hagari Farm by the serum
simultaneous method of inoculation and vaccinated 46 animals against Black-quarter in
Chittoor district.
6. M.R.Ry. R. Narasinga Rao Avargal held charge of the old I Circle, Vizaga-
patam, till 1st November 1923 when he proceeded to Bezwada to open the new II
Circle and held charge of it till the end of the year. During the year he was in
camp for 126 days. When proposals were made to Government for the re-arrange-
ment of circles in accordance with the recommendations of the Retrenchment
Committee, arrangements were made for this officer to tour only in Kistna district
in the old 1 Circle and for Mr. Hurley to tour in the remaining districts of this
circle until both of them assumed charge of their respective re-formed circles. For
this reason it was not necessary for the former officer to spend a larger number of
days in camp. He inoculated 62 animals against Rinderpest by the serum
simultaneous method at the Chintaladevi Cattle Farm.
7. M.R.Ry. K. Kailasam Ayyar Avargal held charge of the V Circle (old IV
Circle), Coimbatore, throughout the year. He spent only 138 days in camp on
account of it being necessary for him in January and February 1924 to remain at head-
quarters to conduct the serum simultaueous method of inoculation at the Agricultural
Farm at Coimbatore. He atteuded the cattle and pony show at Tiruppur and
supervised the Black-quarter vaccination of young stock at the Palayakottai Farm.
8. Mr. A. J. Wilson was in charge of the IV Circle (old III Circle), Madras.
The rearrangement of circles necessitated no change in his jurisdiction. This officer
has the largest number of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons to control and it was
necessary for him to be in camp for 204 days. He continued to be the Editor of the
Madras Veterinary Journal.
II.—EXECUTIVE STAFF.
9. On the recommendation of the Retrenchment Committee appointed by
Government to inquire into the expenditure and administration of this department,
the grade of Inspector was abolished in June 1923 and the men holding charge of
ranges were posted to be in charge of veterinary institutions.
10. The strength of the executive staff on 31st March 1924 was 190 Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons against 19 Veterinary Inspectors and 172 Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons of the previous year, the difference in the strength at those two dates
being accounted for by the death of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon A. Ramasubbu.
The distribution of the J 90 men is shown in table VII.
(a) Hospitals and Dispensaries.
11. Six new dispensaries were opened during the year at Chittoor, Yellamanchilli,
Draksharam, Dharapuram, Dindigul and Ramnad and the number of Government
hospitals and dispensaries at the end of the year 1923-24 stood at 63. This number
does not include the hospitals at the Madras Veterinary College and the Agricultural
College, Coimbatore. In addition, there were 7 private hospitals, and these were
periodically inspected by the officers of this department. A second Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon was posted to the hospitals at Trichinopoly, Coimbatore, Saidapet
and Erode, as the work at these institutions had grown too heavy for one man to
undertake.