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APPENDIX XXX.
Synopsis of Cattle Disease reports received during 1897-98.
DISTRICT.
1
Burdwan
... ...
Bankura
...
...
Midnapore
...
...
Hooghly
...
...
24-Parganas ...
..
Nadia
...
...
Murshidabad
...
...
Jessore
...
...
Name of disease.
2
Rinderpest ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto
...
...
Foot-and-mouth
disease.
Rinderpest ...
Character of the
disease.
3
Epidemic ...
Ditto
...
...
Ditto
...
...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto
...
...
Ditto
...
...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto
...
...
Date of outbreak.
4
February
...
...
July
...
...
August
...
...
February
...
...
July
...
...
May and January ...
April
...
...
October ...
ANIMALS.
Affected.
6
1,067
167
1,764
Died.
6
782
113
180
Percentage
of deaths.
7
73.2
71.9
10.2
No statistics received.
1,882
Ditto
603
36.3
No statistics received.
43
43
100
How the information about the
outbreak was received in
this office.
8
From a gentleman named J. N.
Mitter of Memari, through the
Director
of
Land
Records
and Agriculture, Bengal, and
subsequently from the Calcutta
Gazette
From Calcutta Gazette of 28th July
1897, and also 9th February 1898.
From the District Officer
...
...
From Calcutta Gazette of 9th Febru-
ary.
From Calcutta Gazette of 7th July
1897.
From the District Officer
...
...
Ditto
ditto
...
...
From Calcutta Gatzete ... ... ...
Remarks made by the District
Officers as to the outbreak
of disease.
9
No remark
...
...
...
...
On both occasions the District Officer on
being requested reported that a few
cases of cattle disease had occurred,
for which no precautionary measures
deemed necessary.
Requested me to visit the district ...
Reported that the disease was confined to
a limited area, and that it had nearly
disappeared.
No remarks
...
...
...
...
...
Though the disease did not spread further,
the Magistrate asked assistance from
this Department, considering the
large number of attacks.
Appeared for a few days only
...
...
The Subdivisional Officer of Narail re-
ports that the symptoms of the cases
are like those of arsenical poisoning.
He throws suspicion upon the muchis,
who are notorious in their propensities
of poisoning animals to take their
hides when dead.
Action taken by the
Civil Veterinary Department.
10
The first outbreak of disease was
brought to the notice of the Magis-
trate by telegram with a request to
appoint a Veterinary Assistant, and
he refused. On the second outbreak
the Magistrate was again requested
to appoint a Veterinary Assistant,
and again he refused. Twenty-five
copies of the Bengali translation of
Veterinary Colonel Hallen's Manual
of Cattle Disease were supplied to
the Magistrate and some to the
thana officers for distribution. As
the disease is reported to be still
making havoc over the cattle, the
Magistrate has been requested
again to engage a Veterinary Assist-
ant. The Magistrate is now
arranging to open a dispensary and
has engaged a Veterinary Assistant.
Ten copies of the Bengali translation
of Veterinary Colonel Hallen's Ma-
nual of Cattle Disease were supplied
to the Magistrate for distribution.
A Veterinary Assistant was perma-
nently employed under the District
Board. Pressure of work prevented
me from visiting the district, as I
was anxious to do.
The District Officer was asked if as-
sistance was required to suppress
the disease.
A Veterinary Assistant of this De-
partment was sent to check the
disease. His services were not re-
quired long, because the cases
were sporadic, and ended fatally.
There being no Veterinary Assistant
available at the time, one could not
be sent.
No action was considered necessary as
the disease was among a very limit-
ed number of cattle in a few villages.
and soon disappeared.
Twenty-five copies of the Bengali
translation of Veterinary Colo-
nel Hallen's Manual of Cattle Dis-
ease were supplied to the Magis-
trate.