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for ordinary domestic purposes, and the students have to bathe in the Institution
or in the neighbouring tanks. I have represented this most important matter
several times. There are no doubt very good reasons for the delay, but I would
submit that these will not prevent possible outbreaks of sickness from want of
a proper water-supply.
VETERINARY ASSISTANTS.
68. I append a complete list of the passed men of the Belgatchia
Veterinary Institution, arranged according to seniority, and showing their
employment. (Appendix XXIV).
APPOINTMENT OP VETERINARY ASSISTANTS.
69. Baranagar Municipality, District 24-Parganas.—Veterinary
Assistant
Nanda Lal Mitter was employed from 4th September to 5th October 1897 under
the Municipality in treating cattle suffering from Rinderpest and in preventing
its spread to other cattle. The Chairman of the Municipality reports that he
has worked satisfactorily, and that the public, as far as they came to know of
his work, have appreciated it. The Veterinary Assistant treated 36 cattle, of
which 11 were cured and 25 died. (Appendix XXV).
70. District Board, Birbhum.—Veterinary
Assistant Nanda Lal Mitter was
employed by the District Board on the treatment of Rinderpest among the
cattle of the district from 1st May 1897 to 23rd June 1897. The Chairman
reports that he worked satisfactorily and that he experienced considerable
difficulty in inducing the people to adopt the remedial measures he suggested.
The Chairman also reports that the people have no faith in segregation,
disinfection, or burial, but doubtless the cures the Veterinary Assistant effected,
may conduce to a change of attitude in the event of future outbreak. The
total number of animals treated by the Veterinary Assistant is 274, of which
186 were cured, 4 relieved, and 84 died (Appendix XXV).
71. Rangpur.—Veterinary
Assistant Nogendra Nauth Soor was employed
for a month, from 6th April to 3rd May 1897, by the Magistrate to treat cattle
attacked with Rinderpest. The Subdivisional Officer of Nilphamarhi, in above
subdivision, in which he was chiefly employed, remarks that the work done by
him was, generally speaking, satisfactory, but owing to the conservative habits and
instincts of the villagers and their preference of traditional to scientific methods
of treatment, the labours of the Veterinary Assistant, though useful, did not
meet with due appreciation.
Two hundred and forty-eight animals were
treated by the Veterinary Assistant, of which 126 were cured, 89 relieved, and
33 died (Appendix XXV .
72. District Hoard, Darbhanga.—There was occasion to send veterinary aid
twice during the year under report to the district of Darbhanga ; once in
May and once in November. On the first occasion, I sent Nanda Lal Gupta
and on the second Satya Churun Mukerjee. The Chairman of the Board
reports :—
" The results obtained in both instances were satisfactory. The people generally take
to the mode of treatment adopted by the Assistant, except in some isolated oases where their
family prejudices debar them from adopting it, but the number of such cases is extremely
small. Besides the actual benefit derived by the people in the successful treatment of their
sick cattle by the Veterinary Assistants, the salutary instructions freely imparted by them for
preventing disease among the cattle and combating them when broken out by simple
methods, will, it is hoped, be of much help to the owners of cattle in future."
73. The Veterinary Assistants treated 173 animals, of which 161 were
cured and 12 died. (Appendix XXV).
74. Dacca Municipality.—Veterinary
Assistant Nanda Lal-Mitter was em-
ployed for about a month, from 25th November to 31st December 1897, by the
Dacca Municipality to suppress the cattle plague. The Chairman reports :—
" The work seems to have been done satisfactorily. He was too short a time here for
the public to form an opinion of him."
75. Only 11 cattle were reported to have been treated by the Veterinary
Assistant, of which 8 were cured and 3 died. (Appendix XXV).
I think there must be some mistake in the numbers shown.