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REPORT ON THE CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, (INCLUDING THE INSEIN
Rinderpest.—The
Amherst and Mergui Districts of the Tenasserim Division
account for more than half the deaths from this disease in Lower Burma, the
disease having persisted in these districts in a succession of minor outbreaks from
last year. In Mergui vigorous action was taken by headmen and villagers under
the direction of the Subdivisional Officer and Township Officers and Veterinary
Assistants, and the disease was finally brought under control before it reached the
more extensively cultivated areas. In Tenasserim the disease continued princi
pally in hill villages on the upper waters of the Haungtharaw and other streams.
The buffaloes there are extremely wild and troublesome to handle, rendering any
measures difficult and serum injection operations practically impossible. The
same may be said of the buffaloes in Mergui. Altogether it was possible to inject
only 22 animals in Mergui in all the outbreaks attended.
Anthrax.—Except
for a small outbreak in the Kyaukpyu and An Townships
of the Kyaukpyu District in June, the disease occurred in sporadic form only.
Foot-and-mouth Disease.—No serious losses were reported from any district.
Veterinary
Inspectors, 5.—Akyab 1, Insein 1, Moulmein 1, Prome 1 and
Bassein 1.
Veterinary
Assistants, 62.—Arakan Division 10, Pegu Division 15, Irra-
waddy Division 21, Tenasserim Division 13 and Thayetmyo 3.
Special Duty, 8.—Arakan Division 3 and Tenasserim Division 5.
Upper Burma.
Table II.
4. Rinderpest.—A number of deaths were reported from the Bhamo, Katha,
Myitkyina and Ruby Mines Districts. In only one of these, however, did the
mortality exceed 1 ,000, viz., Katha, which recorded 1,588 deaths.
In the
Momeik State the disease is said to have been introduced from Mŏng Long in
the Northern Shan States.
Anthrax.—Practically
nil.
Foot-and-mouth
Disease.—The only district in which this disease caused
any large mortality was Sagaing where 860 deaths are reported to have occurred,
though outbreaks of greater or lesser extent were reported in a number of
districts.
Veterinary Inspectors, 6.—Mandalay 1, Mônywa 1 Katha 1, Minbu 1, and
Meiktila 1 and Yamèthin 1.
Special Duty.—Nil.
Veterinary Assistants, 54.—Magwe Division 10, Mandalay Division 16,
Sagaing Division 15 and Meiktila Division 13.
Special Duty, 18.—Mandalay Division 13, Sagaing Division 3 and Meiktila
Division 2.
Shan States.
5. Southern Shan States.—As
during last year outbreaks of rinderpest
continued to appear over a wide area. In the Western Subdivision some severe
outbreaks occurred in Yawnghwe and Kyaukku. In the Central Subdivision the
disease persisted throughout the year, though the mortality is reported not to have
been so great as to cause any hindrance to agricultural operations. Kehsi-Mānsām,
Kēnglün and Möng Sit of the North-Eastern Subdivision all had outbreaks.
Kēnglün is said to have lost 827 head of cattle and Möng Sit 229. The mortality
from the South-Eastern States from this disease is reported to be 500.
A few cases of anthrax were reported from the Western Subdivision, and foot-
and-mouth disease occurred in most of the States, but with only slight mortality.
Segregation Rules.—The Superintendent and Political Officer, notes,—"Some
Chiefs have punished people for disobedience of the rules for the prevention of
cattle disease, and have tried generally to enforce the segregation of diseased
animals. The progress made, however, is certainly disappointing. The people
have much to learn and, until they realize that it is to everybody's advantage to
fight disease energetically, no great improvement can be looked for ",