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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BENGAL VETERINARY COLLEGE
AND OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BENGAL,
FOR THE YEAR
1915-16.
CALCUTTA:
A
THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT BOOK DEPOT.
1916.
[Price—Indian, 7 annas;
English,
8d.]
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BENGAL VETERINARY COLLEGE
[INCLUDING THE REPORTS OF THE EPIZOOTIC DISEASES OF ANIMALS
DEPARTMENT IN CALCUTTA AND ITS VICINITY AND
THE RAYMOND RESEARCH LABORATORY]
FOR THE YEAR
1915-16.
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THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT BOOK DEPOT.
1916.
A
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Writers' Buildings, Calcutta.
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Bombay.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Preface—General
Administration
.........
Veterinary Instruction
.....................
Treatment of
Disease
...........
Breeding operations
...........
Subordinate Establishment
.......
Expenditure of the College . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . .
General Remarks
..........
Epizootic Diseases of Animals Department
.......
The Raymond Research Laboratory
........
APPENICES
Table I
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Appendix A . . . . . . . .
PAGE.
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16. Other Trainings.—A Veterinary Assistant sent by the Superin-
tendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bihar and Orissa, went through a course
of training for six months to improve his professional knowledge.
A man sent by the Chairman, Ramessur Maliah Charitable Veterinary
Dispensary Committee, Howrah. was trained for three months in veterinary
dressing.
17. Museum and Library.—Some new books were added to the library.
The library was well used by the teaching staff and the students as also the
Museum.
18. Sports.— Rupees 159 was raised by subscription from the students
and an equivalent sum contributed by Government. Football, creiket, tennis
and hockey were regularly played by the students on the College ground. In
football and cricket they entered into some well-known competitions.
Several entries were made in Burdwan, Kalighat, Nator and Calcutta Athletic
sports. One student of this college, P. C. Banerjee, did exceptionally well in
the Calcutta Athletic Sports, winning the Baker University and the Lee
Challenge cups, while the same boy and two others won medals and cups.
Treatment of Disease.
19. During the year under report, 2,810 patients were treated against
2,680 and 1,246 operations were performed as against 1,500 during the previous
year. Out of 1,879 prosecutions under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Act, 523 animals were sent to the College Hospital by the trying Magistrates.
The students received much practical instruction from these patients.
20. The fees realised from treatment, shoeing, etc., were Rs. 20,783-14
and the cost of feeding Rs. 29,023-14-3. which included the cost of feeding
Light Horse chargers, Government animals sent here for treatment, also the
College riding ponies, ambulance horses, and breeding and draft cattle.
21. Fodder Crops.—Lucerne, guinea grass, oats, barley, carrots,
sorghum and Indian corn were grown in a part of the annexe compound, which
afforded ample food to the patients. Experiments were also made with some
Australian fodder grasses. The cultivation of these crops was of great
educational value to the students.
22. Ambulances.—The College ambulances were in frequent demand by
the public.
Breeding operations.
23. The return of stud bulls maintained at this College is included in
Table VIII of the report of the Civil Veterinary Department, Bengal.
Subordinate Establishment.
24. The total strength of the Subordinate Veterinary staff employed at
this College is included in Table VII of the report of the Civil Veterinary
Department, Bengal.
Expenditure of the Colleger
25. The main results and the receipts and expenditure of the College
are given in Table I. The statement of receipts and expenditure has been
compiled by me and verified by the Accountant-General, Bengal.
General Remarks.
26. Mr. A. D. MacGregor of the Indian Civil Veterinary Department
was under training up to the 9th July 11)1 5, after which date he took over
charge of the duties of the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Bengal.
4
RAYMOND RESEARCH LABORATORY.
The work of the Laboratory was carried out in a satisfactory manner.
2. Specimens for examination were received from the Civil Veterinary
Departments of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, and Assam as well as from the
independent practitioners and private gentlemen of Calcutta. Amongst the
diseases diagnosed were Anthrax, Hæmorrhagic, Septicæmia, Glanders,
Surra, Black-Quartors and Fowl-Cholera.
3. Morbid materials were supplied from the laboratory to the Imperial
Bacteriologist, Imperial Serologist and Assistant Bactoriologist to the Govern-
ment of Bengal.
4. Samples of bone-meal were bactoriologically examined for detection
of Anthrax and other organisms.
5. Experiments wore made with auto-vaccine prepared at the Labora-
tory in the treatment of Mammitis, which disease is not infrequent in Bengal.
No definite opinion can be formed as to the efficacy of this vaccine until a
larger number of experiments have been made.
6. A complete set of lantern slides of various infectious diseases of
animals was prepared by the Artist-Photographer and supplied to the
Principal, Madras Veterinary College, for demonstration to the students.
7. Since the demise of Mr. S. N. Mitra in November, Mr. D. Dey, the
senior lecturer, has rondered, in addition to his own duties, considerable help
to the laboratory work, for which he deserves credit.
A. SMITH, LT.-COL.,
Principal, Bengal Veterinary College.
TABLE I.
Showing the main results and the receipts and expenditure of the Bengal
Veterinary
College during the year 1915-16.
Three years' course In English.
Number of students—
Admitted—
Scholarship-holders ... ... ... ... ...
Others ... ... ... ... ... ...
Passed final examination ... ... ... ... ...
Failed to pass final examination ... ... ... ...
Remaining under instruction at the end of the year—
In ordinary course ... ... ... ... ...
Instruction prolonged by reason of failure to pass ... ... ...
Students admitted during the year classed by educational qualifications—
Matriculates or with higher qualifications ... ... ...
Knowing some English but not matriculated ... ... ...
Knowing no English or very little English ... ... ...
No.
59
12
19
9
75
26
10
61
Nil
Receipts.
Fees ... ... ... ... ...
Other sources ... ... ... ...
Tota1 ...
Expenditure.
Salaries of instructing staff ... ... ... ...
Other expenses ... ... ... ...
Total
...
...
...
...
...
...
Rs. a. p.
37,040 11 6
786 3 3
37,826 14 9
Rs.
a. p.
42,021 11 3
1,24,208 0 2
1,66,229 11 5
Employment of students who passed out during the three years
preceding.
In service of Government or local bodies
In service of other bodies or institutions
In private service......
Unemployed......
Died
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total...
64
2
2
2
1
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT,
BENGAL,
FOR THE YEAR
1915-16.
CALCUTTA:
THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT BOOK DEPÔT.
1916.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Preface and General Administration.
Officer in charge, duration of tour, etc. . . . . . .
Part I—Veterinary Instruction.
Training of Veterinary Inpectors
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
.
Ditto Veterinary Assistants .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Part II—Treatment of Diseases.
Contagious diseases in equines and
bovines
.
.
.
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.
.
.
Preventive Inoculation . . . . . . . . . . .
Itinerant Veterinary Assistant's work
.
.
.
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.
.
Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Part III—Breeding Operation.
Bovines—
Stud bulls . . . . . . . . . . .
Fairs and shows
.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
Bull-roaring and Breeding Farms and Dépôts . . . . . .
Horse and Pony Stallion . . . . . . . . . .
Part IV—Subordinate Establishment.
Number, supervision and work performed .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Deputy Superintendent .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . .
Staff Veterinary Assistants
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Veterinary Assistants . . . . . . . . . . .
Part V-Expenditure of the Department.
Department expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General Remarks.
Cruelty to animals.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
Cattle-poisoning
.
.
.
.
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.
Office Establishment .
.
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Obituary
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Table
II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table III . . . . . . . . . . .
Table
IV
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Table
V
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Table
VII
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.
Table VIII
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Table
IX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tables
X, XI and XII . . . . . . . . . .
Table XIII
.
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Table XIV
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Table XIVA . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BENGAL,
FOR THE YEAR
1915-1916.
PREFACE and General Administration.
DURING the year under report the Civil Veterinary Department of this
Province has had rather a chequered career, inasmuch as there had been
many changes in the office of the Superintendent occasioned by officers having
volunteered their services to the Military Department. Mr. P. J. Kerr, I.C.V.D.,
remained in charge till 9th July 1915 when he took a commission and loft
Calcutta to join his appointment in the Indian Army Reserve Officers, while
Mr. A. D. MacGrogor who officiated till the 18th February 1916 also joined
the Indian Army Reserve Officers. For the remaining period of the year I
held charge of the office in addition to my duties as Principal, Bengal
Veterinary College.
2. Mr. Korr remained on tour for 27 days and Mr. MacGrogor Ho days
and travelled 1,248 miles and 5,030 miles by rail, 19 and 260 miles by road
and 416 and 550 miles by river, respectively.
3. I also toured for 4 days and attended the, Agricultural Conference at
Dacca.
4. For various reasons the post of a second Superintendent was not
sanctioned, however, the post of a Deputy Superintendent has been added to
the existing staff.
5. The new Deputy Superintendent Babu Sarat Chandra Paul, who
joined the appointment on the 10th duly 1915, remained 105 days on tour
and travelled 5,717 miles by rail, 1,768 miles by river and 206 miles by road.
He attended two outbreaks of Surra at Khulna and Camilla, and one of
Glanders at Barisal.
6. Requests were made by the Military Department for a number of
Veterinary Assistants to serve during the period of the war.
As a result of this the following Veterinary Assistants volunteered their
services and are. now serving under the Military authorities in various
stations in India.
1. Babu J. N. Son Gupta.
2.
„ N. Bose.
3. „ Jagman Singh.
4.
„
K. N. Ghose.
5.
„
S. L. Sen.
6.
„
N. N. Banerjee.
7.
„ B. B. Sen.
Part I—Veterinary Instructions.
7. Veterinary Inspector Babu N. N. Majumdar was selected for going to
Bombay and the Punjab for extra training, but owing to the paucity of funds
during the war crisis, he was not sent.
3
20. Anthrax.—This disease was reported from four districts only, viz.,
Darjeeling, Bakarganj, Tippera and Jalpiaguri, where 4. 26, 32 and 4 animals
died respectively.
21. Other Diseases.—As usual, details are not available and little
reliance can be placed on the figures which shew a great decline, being 117
against 385 of the previous year.
22. Contagious Diseases among other Animals.—The total number of
deaths reported was 67 against 14 of the previous year.
Table III.
Preventive Inoculation.
23. Table III shows the number of inoculations performed during the
year.
24. Inoculation was undertaken in 314 outbreaks and 11,373 animals
wore inoculated as per details below, against 362 outbreaks and 30,882
animals respectively of the previous year.
Rinderpest
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia
Anthrax
...
...
...
Total
...
...
...
...
...
...
38,950
2,029
394
41,373
25. Besides the above figures 3.181 animals were inoculated by the
College Stall in Calcutta and its suburbs.
26. As reported in previous years, in some districts, the cattle-owners
in the rural tract still continue to show disinclination to adopt this method of
treatment.
27. Rupees 9,437-8 was paid during the year to the Imperial Bacterio-
logist on account of the cost of serum supplied to this province. Of this,
Rs. 8,212-6 is recoverable from the District Boards named below:—
Darjeeling
Burdwan
Khulna
Hooghly
Midnapore
Dinajpur
Pabna
Nadia
Dacca
Faridpur
24-Parganas
Rangpur
Tippera
Jalpaiguri
Rajshahi
Birbhum
Noakhali
Chittagong
Fankura
Howrah
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Serampore Muni....
Murshidabad
Cooch Behar
Malda
Mymensingh
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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...
...
...
...
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...
...
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...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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...
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...
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...
...
...
...
Rs.
2,039
722
705
41
550
322
206
87
198
81
211
100
326
760
106
115
18
683
362
25
11
96
10
207
222
8,212
a.
8
8
0
2
4
8
4
8
12
4
10
10
4
0
11
0
12
12
8
0
0
4
4
6
8
6
Table IV.
28. Table IV shows the work of Veterinary assistants in the mufassal
during the year.
4
29. There were 58 itinerant
Veterinary assistants working in the
province and 13 stationary assistants who also toured in the interior when
required to do so.
30. Sixty-one thousand three hundred and eighty-six animals were
treated against 53,287, and 11,119 villages were visited by them against
10,189 of the previous year.
31. Bankura, Khulna. Dacca, Krishorganj, Jamalpur, Nator, Palma,
Bogra and Sirajganj were responsible for the increase in the number of cases
noticed during the year under report.
32. The large falling-off noticed against Haripal, Midnapore. Nadia,
Siliguri, Barisal, Patuakhali, Noakhali, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and Alipur-Duars
are reported to be due to the decrease of outbreaks of all sorts, specially
foot-and-mouth disease.
Table V.
Hospitals and Dispensaries.
33. Table V shows the working of hospitals and dispensaries which
were 24 in all during the year under report, all of which were duly inspected
by the Superintendent and the inspecting staff. The total number of cases
treated shows a satisfactory increase being 29,349 against 24,049 of the
previous year.
34. The construction of the veterinary dispensary with quarters for
two Veterinary assistants (1 itinerary and 1 stationary) at Barisal referred
to in preceding year's report has been completed and the dispensary moved
to the new buildings. Provision for the employment of a stationary Veterinary
assistant for Barisal from October 1916 has been made in the current year's
(1916-17) budget of the Board.
35. Provision has also been made in the said Board's budget for the
construction of a small Veterinary dispensary with quarters for the Veteri-
nary assistants in each of the three outlying subdivisions. The work will be
taken up as soon as the required sites, which are being acquired, are made
over to the Board.
36. Construction of a new Government dispensary at Dacca, which was
sanctioned long ago, has not yet been undertaken.
37. The Cooch Behar Dispensary, which remained closed during the
previous year, was this year supplied with an assistant from the Depart-
ment.
Part III—Breeding Operations.
38. Table VIII shows the number of stud bulls in the province as
reported by the local authorities.
39. Applications were received from many District Boards for the
supply of bulls, but as these were not available they could not be complied
with. The Circle Inspectors, wherever possible, try to impress upon the
public the ways and means of improving the breeds of cattle, specially the
necessity of proper care and feeding.
Fairs and Shows.
40. Tables XIII and XIV show the particulars of the horse and cattle
fairs in Bengal.
41. The assistants and inspectors attended most of the fairs helping in
the judging of animals for the distribution of prizes and, whenever possible,
gave necessary advice to the raiyats regarding veterinary matters.
Bull Rearing and Breeding Farms and Depots.
42. There were only two farms in the province at Kalimpong and
Rangpur and Table IX shews the working thereof.
5
Horse and Pony Stallions.
43. As reported in the previous years, there was no horse or pony
stallion in the province. Tables X, XI and XII are therefore blank.
Part IV—Subordinate Establishment.
44. Table VII shows the strength of the subordinate staff.
45. There were at the close of the previous year 6 inspectors, 4 staff
Veterinary assistants. 6 Reserve Veterinary assistants and 69 District
Veterinary assistants. Thirteen Veterinary assistants were added to the
staff during the year, making the total number of District Veterinary
assistants to be 82. Two new posts of Veterinary assistants sanctioned
during the year and a number of leave vacancies among the existing staff
could not bo filled up for want of men. Several applications from District
Hoards for additional appointments had also to be postponed for the same
reason.
46. The demand for Veterinary assistants continues to increase.
47. Deputy Superintendent.—The post of one, 2ml grade Deputy
Superintendent was sanctioned this year and Babu S. (J. Paul was appointed
from the 10th duly 1915. His work has been satisfactory and has contrib-
uted largely to the efficient supervision of the Department.
48. Inspectors.—Of the six inspectors of the Department, the post of
one was kept vacant since the appointment of the Deputy Superintendent to
meet the cost of employment of the latter, as there was no provision for the.
same in the budget estimates for the year. These officers rendered me all
the assistance required and gave satisfaction.
49. Staff Veterinary Assistants—worked satisfactorily during the
year.
50. Veterinary Assistants.—On the whole, the Veterinary assistants
worked satisfactorily during the year.
51. The names of the following Veterinary assistants are reported to
have done particularly good work:—
Balm N. N. Bannerjee.
„ H. C. Das Gupta.
„
J. N. Mukerjee, H.
„
M. N. Majumdar.
„
N. C. Sen Gupta.
„ J. K. Bose.
Part V—Expenditure of the Department.
52. Table XIVA shows the details of the expenditure of this Depart-
ment as well as of the Bengal Veterinary (College.
General Remarks.
58. Cruelty t0 Animals.—I can only repeat suggestions made in last
year's report, i.e., of making all dispensaries, with accommodation for
in-patients, hospitals under the Act. Animals to be detained there till cured
and fees realised as fines.
54. Cattle-poisoning.—As usual many cases of cattle-poisoning have
occurred particularly from arsenic.
55. Office Establishment.—The office staff have worked well, giving
me every assistance.
56. Obituary.—Veterinary Assistant Babu S. N. Chatterjee of Kuri-
gram died during the year.
A. SMITH, Lt.-Col.,
Offg. Supdl., Civil Vety. Dept., Bengal.
The 21st June 1916.