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GENERAL REMARKS.
Imperial Officer.—An Imperial Officer is indispensably necessary for
the College, and I hope, now that the war is over, Government will see its
way to his early appointment, which, I understand, is now at the considera-
tion of Government to fill up.
2. Teaching Staff.—The post of a 3rd grade Deputy Superintendent,
ranking as lecturer, having been vacant by the promotion of Mr. S. S.
Ahmed, 3rd grade Deputy Superintendent to the 2nd grade, Mr. G. N.
Chatterjee, Chief Glanders Inspector, was appointed to it on 1st July 1918.
War conditions and certain cases of ill health amongst the teaching
staff during the year made the necessary work at times very strenuous. I
consider that the examination results reflect credit on one and all.
3. P. W. D. Works.—The College was honoured by His Excellency the
Governor of Bengal's visit on 23rd November 1918 and by his special orders
a new dwarf wall with iron railing above was constructed in front of
the Hindu hostel and the existing old wall on the southern boundary of
the Annexé compound repaired.
4. Staff.—The work of the staff has given me every satisfaction.
THE EPIGOOTIC DISEASES OF ANIMALS DEPARTMENT
IN CALCUTTA.
All the stables and cattle sheds in the Calcutta Glanders area were
regularly inspected by the Glanders staff.
2. Glanders and Farcy were detected in 13 stables and Surra in 4.
Altogether 23 horses were seized and brought to the hospital, where after
recognized tests, 9 were destroyed (7 for Glanders and 2 for Surra) and
8 died (5 from Glanders, 1 from Farcy and 2 from Surra). The remaining
6 were discharged as free from any of the diseases scheduled under the
Glanders and Farcy Act.
3. Rupees 110 was given as compensation for the destruction of 4
horses,— 1 affected with Surra and 3 with Glanders.
4. There were virulent outbreaks of Rinderpest during the year all over
Calcutta and its suburbs and prompt measures were taken in each outbreak
to prevent its spread. Four thousand nine hundred and eighty-four head
of cattle were inoculated with protective serum against the disease.
5. At the instance of the Health Officer, Corporation of Calcutta, 64
calves were tested with tuberculin. Besides these, 81 head of cattle were
tested with tuberculin—35 in the College. 43 in the Presidency Jail and 3 in
the Supply and Transport Lines, Hastings.
6. A sum of Rs. 2,252 was realized on account of the price of serum,
mallein and tuberculin supplied and credited to Government.
RAYMOND RESEARCH LABORATORY.
The following works were done in the Laboratory during the year :—
(i) Brains of 150 dogs suspected to be suffering from rabies were
examined, of which 121 proved to be rabies. Persons bitten by these dogs
were advised to undergo anti-rabic treatment at the Pasteur Institute,
Shillong.
(ii) Two hundred and four pethological specimens, received chiefly from
Bengal and Bihar and Orissa, were examined and 31 Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia,
13 Anthrax, 10 Surra, 1 Black-quarter. 4 Piroplasmosis, 1 Rabbit Septicæmia.
3 Strangles, 1 Tuberculosis and 1 Pyaemia were diagnosed.
(iii) The Imperial Serologist, Calcutta, was supplied, on request, with
horse serum and horse and buffalo blood for his work. Guinea pigs and
Rabbits were also supplied to the Pasteur Institute, Shillong, for experimental
purposes.