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departmental staff, and 8,092 by the Ranchi Inoculators. 11,937 were pro-
tected in Shahabad, 8,593 in Darbhanga, 6,768 in Manbhum, 5,142 in Gaya,
mostly in the Sadr Subdivision, and 2,553 in Puri. Outbreaks in Monghyr,
Cuttack, Hazaribagh, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur were also attended with
considerable success. The total number of animals which died after inocula-
tion, amounts to 288 only as compared with 484 of the previous year when
fewer inoculations had been done. This represents a death-rate of only
0.4 per cent. which is satisfactory.
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—The total number of inoculations performed
under this head, was 41,414, which includes 20,688 cattle protected by the
inoculators in Ranchi; the remainder, 20,726, were immunized by the Veteri-
nary Assistants with both serum and vaccine, against 7,508 of 1915-16, which
shows an increase of 13,218. There were 64 deaths among the inoculated
cattle.
Black-Quarter.—Only a few outbreaks were brought to the notice of the
Assistants during the year under report and only 210 could be inoculated
against 919 immunized in 1915-16. No casualties are reported to have oc-
curred after the operation.
Anthrax.—Although inoculations were carried out in nine districts, only
1,759 animals were protected, or 1,129 less than in 1915-16. Two deaths occur-
red among these animals.
Details of the work done in each District are shown in Table III.
RANCHI INOCULATION SCHEME.
A further decrease in the number of cattle immunized by the inocula-
tors at the different Mission stations, must again be recorded in this report.
The statistics for the Khunti Circle show that only 7,576 and 819 cattle were
immunized against Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia and Rinderpest, respectively, by
the 10 inoculators as compared with 11,536 and 1,626 of 1915-16. In Gumla,
on the other hand, the number of inoculations, although fewer than last year,
is still fairly satisfactory, especially as regards the number protected against
Rinderpest. The 11 inoculators between them immunized 8,163 with Rinder-
pest serum and 10,624 with Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia vaccine. Rinderpest
again appeared in virulent form in the Chainpur Thana, and was also prevalent
in Kurdeg and some of the other Mission stations in the Biru tract. Most
of these outbreaks are introduced by cattle, which come from the grazing tracts
in the Native States in the Central Provinces. A report on the work of
these men was submitted to Government and a considerable decrease in the
number employed, especially in the Khunti circle, was recommended. The
number of inoculators has accordingly been reduced to 14 with one Inspector,
who will have his headquarters at Gumla, the Veterinary Assistant at Khunti
supervising the men in his jurisdiction. On the recommendation of the
Hon'ble Dr. A. Campbell, D.D., one of the two inoculators at Pokhuria, was
posted at Kolhar Mission where he will work in future. Altogether during
the year 29,670 inoculations have been performed, of which 20,688 were against
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, and 8,982 for Rinderpest against 31,290 and 8,092,
respectively, for the previous year, the total decrease being 9,712 inoculations.
41,000 doses of vaccine and 38,000 doses of Rinderpest serum passed through
the Ranchi Serum Dep6t. The cost of the scheme is shown in Table XIV (a).
SUPPLY OF SERUM AND VACCINE.
Owing to the widespread outbreaks of cattle-disease, which occurred during
the year under report, the office has had to deal with the large amount of 202,500
doses of Anti-rinderpest serum valued at Rs. 25,312-8-0 ; in addition 12,900 doses
of Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia vaccine, 26,000 doses of Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia
serum, 35,000 doses of Anthrax serum and 6,500 doses of Blackleg pillules, or a
total of 251,400 doses were received from the Mukhtesar Laboratory for the use
of the staff. A sum of Rs. 28,097-14-0 including an outstanding balance of
Rs. 4,959-14-0 of the previous year was realized from local bodies and credited to
Government. The Serum Depôts at Cuttack and Ranchi have worked satisfac-
torily, but the one at Muzaffarpur was closed , owing to the absence of many
outbreaks in Tirhut.