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No. 215—189 R. & A., dated Simla, the 6th September 1907.
From—MAJOR H. T. PEASE, C.I.E., I.C.V.D., Inspector General,
Civil Veterinary Department,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND
AGRICULTURE.
I HAVE the honour to submit, in proof, the report of the Imperial
Bacteriologist for the official year 1906-07.
2. Dr. Lingard has been in charge of the laboratory during the whole
year and the staff has remained the same, with the exception that
Mr. H. E. Cross has been appointed as Second Assistant Bacteriologist and
joined late in the year. Mr. Goffi was appointed as Third Laboratory Assistant
and also joined on the 15th October 1906. The services of a Hospital
Assistant have also been secured.
3. Work has, as usual, been carried out at Muktesar and Bareilly.
Numerous important buildings have been completed, such as the Mallein and
Tetanus laboratories and stables for Tetanus and Glandered horses. The
machinery and engines are now all accommodated in one building so that two
engines and centrifuges are available and the risk of breakdown is greatly
diminished ; other necessary machinery is also being connected up.
4. The various matters connected with the working of the laboratory
have been successfully administered during the year. Fodder, owing to the
*increased number of animals kept, has been a difficulty, but is being arranged
for. The Forest reserve has been carefully managed.
5. Serum preparation.—There is again a marked increase in the quantity
of anti-rinderpest serum of which 467, 993 doses were prepared against
211,407 doses last year. The demand for Anthrax serum has considerably
decreased, 15,280 doses were, therefore, prepared which was more than sufficient
to meet the demand. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia serum, on the other hand,
has been required in greater quantity, so that 88,875 doses were made against
15,470 in the previous year. Last year, 3,407 doses of Mallein were prepared
whilst this year's outturn was 11,276 doses. An anti-toxin for the preven-
tion of Tetanus has been prepared for the first time this year, 7,540 doses
being made. In addition to this, 17,869 doses of protective vaccines and
serum for Charbon Symptomatique (Black Leg) have been prepared.
6. Rinderpest.—The amount of this serum issued to Superintendents of
the Civil Veterinary Department is more than double that required last year.
The following table gives the figures and results of the use of this serum in
the field, the figures being supplied by the various Superintendents and
others using it. From this it will be seen that the results have been
excellent. The figures relating to the number of deaths of animals which
died of the disease after inoculation are only approximate, being furnished
in most cases by outside officials. The mortality after inoculation, however,
is small and the good results obtained under present conditions are undoubted
according to the reports received. No better proof of this can be advanced
than the fact that the method is yearly becoming more popular :—
PROVINCE.
Punjab and North-West Frontier Province .
Bengal
.
United Provinces . .
Central Provinces
Madras
Bombay
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Eastern Bengal and Assam .
Burma
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Sind, Baluchistan and Rajputana .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
TOTAL
Last year
Difference
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Number of
outbreaks.
329
103
190
141
288
79
142
36
5
1,313
910
+403
Number of
animals
inoculated.
93,489
10,367
11,669
7,816
11,043
31,415
27,220
3,617
507
197,143
124,015
+73,128
Number died
after
inoculation.
47
57
2
26
40
651
67
13
3
903
383
+ 520
Percentage
of
mortality.
.05
.55
.01
.33
.36
2.07
.24
.32
.59
.45
.30
+.15