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In addition, a Veterinary hospital was opened in November 1919 at Vira-
keralampudur in the Uttumalai estate and a Veterinary Assistant of this department
lent to be in charge of it. The figures of the Veterinary hospital attached to the
Coimbatore Agricultural Farm have been included in Table V for the first time this
year.
11. As there are now 51 veterinary institutions open in the Presidency, exclud
ing the Madras Veterinary College hospital, Table V has been arranged in this report
by districts, as is done in the other large provinces. By doing this, readers of this
report are prevented from comparing the figures of any particular institution for the
year under review with those of previous years, but it seems necessary to make this
alteration in future reports for the sake of economy.
12. Owing to a large increase in the number of cruelty cases sent for treatment
by the Magistrates, the hospital at Trichinopoly takes first place during the past year
with 2,454 admissions, excluding castrations.
Other institutions which show an appreciable increase over the previous year's
figures are:—Salem, Erode, Berhampur, Amalapur, Nellore, Vellore, Madura,
Vizianagram, Coonoor, Mangalore, Madanapalle, Bellary, Saidapet, Sivagiri, Guntūr,
Adōni, Palghat, Bhadrachalam, Nandyal and Srivilliputtur.
13. The following assistants belonging to this department deserve praise for
their work while in charge of a veterinary hospital or dispensary :—R. Jayaram,
M. Abdul Gaffur, B. Ramalingam Nayudu, N. Muniappan, K. R. Krishnier, C. V.
Padmanabhan, P. K. Devanayakam, P. S. Kuppuswami, P. I. Chakko, M. Sundara-
nathan, K. Raghavendra Rao, S. S. Theetharappa Mudaliyar, P. A. Parthasarathi,
K. Ramiengar, M. Ponnayya, H. Visvanath, R. Swaminathan, and K. Sukumara Rao.
14. In 13 institutions a fall in the number of admissions occurred, and in five
of these the introduction of fees is assigned as the chief cause.
In most of the others the decrease is put down to a smaller number of animals
in the town due to varying causes, such as prevalence of rinderpest, scarcity
of fodder, advent of motor-cars, etc.
15. It is pleasing to be able to report that the new Zamindar of Sivagiri has
decided to run the veterinary hospital at that place at his own expense, and that
there is a decided improvement in consequence.
16. No report has been received from the Raja's hospital at Pithapur, but the
figures for the year have been collected from the monthly statements furnished to
this office, and included in Table V.
17. A temporary shed, to be used as an in-patients' ward for cattle, was con
structed at the Srivilliputtur dispensary during the year at the expense of
Mr. Taiylour, Superintendent of the Labour Depot there.
13. The total number of castrations performed at veterinary institutions during
the past year was 2,246, of which the Veterinary Assistant in charge of the Berham
pur hospital alone did 1,031. The total figure for 1918-19 was 1,990.
19. The number of cases supplied with medicine but not brought to a hospital
rose from 2,824 in the previous year to 5,825 during the year under report.
(ii) Itinerating.
20. The number of permanent touring billets remained the same as in the
previous year.
A new post of Touring Veterinary Assistant, Jeypore, was created for the Agency
tracts of Vizagapatam, but with the opening of a veterinary dispensary at Polavaram
the post of Touring Veterinary Assistant, Polavaram, was abolished. The Veterinary
Assistant in charge of the dispensary now attends to the outbreak reports received
from Polavaram taluk.
21. The following table shows the total work done by the touring staff during
the year under report as compared with that of the previous year:—
Year.
1918-19 .. .. .. .. ..
1919-20 .. .. .. .. ..
Inoculations.
1,31,071
90,614
Contagious
cases treated.
13,044
15,676
Non-contagious
cases treated.
14,492
16,979
Castrations.
4,816
5,768