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22. The following Touring Assistants are mentioned for good work :—G. Theo-
philus, K. N. Krishnan, T. A. Ratnaswami, P. Daniel, D. John, V. Shanmuga-
sundaram, K. S. Ramaswami Ayyar, P. M. Thillanayakam, E. Venkataraman,
K. Govindan Nair, S. V. Soundararaja Ayyangar, M. Noor Ahmad, T. K. Srinivasan,
M. Lakshmanaraju and C. N. Subbaraman.
III.—CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
23. Table XV shows that there has been a gradual decrease in cattle mortality
from contagious diseases in this Presidency for the last five years, the figures in the
year under report being 28,178 as compared with 34,258 in the previous year.
24. It will be noticed that while 2,482 deaths were reported from the Agency
during 1921-22, only 87 are reported for the year under review. The Agency
Commissioner was asked to report separate figures for Zamindari and Government
tracts, but he was able to do this for the last three months in 1921-22 only, no
distinction being made in the previous nine months.
25. Rinderpest.—The number of deaths reported under this head is the smallest
for many Years, viz.:— 4,279 as compared with 10,121 the previous year. As in
the previous year the disease was prevalent only in Ganjam and Kistna districts.
Table II shows a few deaths under this head in all the districts of the Presidency, but
inasmuch as the staff in the South received only five reports of this disease it is
probable that this is merely an instance of faulty recording by village officers.
26. The number of outbreak reports received by the staff was 333, of which
291 were attended, the rest being left unattended as it was reported that the disease
had subsided.
27. Inoculation by the "Serum alone" method was undertaken during 130
outbreaks, the number of cattle being protected by this method being 21,159 as against
61,391 in 1921-22.
The small number of inoculations performed by this method is partly due to the
levy of a fee, which was brought into force at the latter part of the year.
Government collect a fee of 8 annas for each animal inoculated, and undertake
to re-inoculate the same animal as many times as is necessary, during the following
six months.
28. Altogether 301 animals were protected by the "Serum Simultaneous"
method during the year. One hundred of these belonged to private individuals and
the rest to the Agricultural and Forest Departments and the Government Cinchona
Estate. Of the privately owned animals 75 were done on the Nilgiris, 22 at
Samalkot and 3 at Coimbatore. There was only one fatality, a small calf belonging
to a private person on the Nilgiris.
Veterinary Inspector Suryanarayanamurthi was again placed on special duty
for about four months in connexion with these inoculations, and a clerk was sent to
Bareilly for the virus each time it was required.
29. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—The number of deaths reported from this
disease was 3,164, compared with 3,840 in 1921-22. The districts most affected
were Chingleput, Ganjam. Guntur and Tanjore. The number of reports received
was 249, of which 18b were attended, and 6,998 cattle were inoculated. The figures
for the previous year were 278 reports received, 224 attended, and 7,918 animals
inoculated.
30. Anthrax.—Altogether 2,775 deaths were recorded against 2,791 in the
previous year. The disease was severe in Kurnool, Kistna, Vizagapatam, Ganjam
and Nellore districts. Out of 231 reports received by the staff 139 were attended,
and 9-1S inoculations were performed in the course of ten outbreaks. This is a
considerable advance on the previous year when only 88 reports were received from
village officers and no inoculations were carried out by this department.
31. Black Quarter.—There was again a considerable increase in the reported
mortality from this disease, the deaths numbering 4,343, compared with 3,407 the
previous year and 1,384 in 1920-21. Chittoor district alone reports 782 deaths,
while other districts badly affected were Ganjam, Vizagapatam, Anantapur and Salem.
In all 458 reports were received of which, 266 were attended. It is extremely difficult