2
8. Compensation was allowed in ten cases, and the total sum awarded
to owners for the compulsory slaughter of their animals was Rs. 360 during
the year.
9. Anthrax—Was reported from Mymensingh and Jalpaiguri districts
and caused the deaths of five animals as against 15 in the preceding year.
In all these cases the diagnosis was confirmed by bacteriological examination.
10. Surra.—No case was reported during the year.
11. Other Diseases.—Thirty-six deaths were recorded under this
head as against 27 in the previous year. Of this number 30 occurred in
Darjeeling but no details are available.
Bovines.
12. Rinderpest.—During the year under report there has been consider-
able abatement in deaths from this disease and very few districts were
seriously affected. Wherever it appeared inoculation campaigns were organi-
sed with the gratifying result that only 10,772 deaths were recorded as
against 21,126 in the previous year. The districts which suffered most
severely from this disease were 24-Parganas, Bakargang and Jalpaiguri.
13. Foot and Mouth.—The loss from this disease was comparatively
small this year, being 360 as against 537 in the preceding year. Of this
number 114 occurred in the Sodepur Pinjrapole alone.
14. Haemorrhagic Septicaemia—Was prevalent throughout the Pro-
vince, and claimed 1,255 animals as its victims as against 2,407 in the preced-
ing year. This disease was most severe in the district of Mymensingh where
369 deaths were reported.
15. Black Quarter.—No outbreak of this disease was reported from
any district.
16. Anthrax.—Two thousand five hundred and fifty-five deaths occur-
red under this head as against 1,683 in the preceding year. As stated before,
the loss was very heavy in the district of 24-Parganas where nearly 99 per
cent. of the deaths occurred. Owing to the nature of this malady, its sudden
onset and rapidly fatal termination, it is only in a few cases that Veterinary
Assistants are able to reach the seat of trouble in time to be of any assistance.
It is a disease not easily diagnosed by laymen and at the beginning of an out-
break is often wrongly reported.
17. Other Diseases.—Considerable less mortality is noticed under this
head. In all 292 animals died as against 446 in the preceding year.
18. Contagious Diseases amongst other animals.—Two hundred and
seventy-seven deaths were reported as against 205 in the previous year.
These include such diseases as rabies and distemper in canines, fowl cholera,
swine plague, etc.
Table III.
19. Preventive inoculation.—Table III shows the record of preven-
tive inoculation performed during the year.
20. Inoculation was undertaken in 426 outbreaks and 67,083 animals
were inoculated as against 63,406 animals in 440 outbreaks in the preceding
year. The details of inoculation are as follows :—
Rinderpest ...
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia
Anthrax ... ...
Total
...
...
...
...
1917-18.
53,124
9,300
982
63,406
1918-19.
60,051
2,141
4,891
67,083
* Including 26 equine.
21. These figures exclude 4,984 inoculations performed in Calcutta and
its suburbs by the staff of the Bengal Veterinary College.
22. The death-rate amongst the inoculated was very small, being 314
in all or .04 per cent. for the whole Province.
23. A sum of Rs. 19,238-2 was paid during the year to the Imperial
Bacteriologist at Mukteswar on account of cost of sera and vaccine.