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REPORT OF THE CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BY MR. V. DE V. H.
WOODLEY, CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT.
Part I.
1. As it has been ordered that the text of the annual provincial
report has to be reduced by one-third the information usually contained in
Part I is now condensed into tabular form as given below:—
Name of officer.
Major Walker
...
Mr. Woodley ...
Ditto ...
Mr. Taylor ...
Mr.
Carless
...
Mr. Cattell ...
Appointment.
Chief Superintendent ...
Ditto ...
Superintendent, North
Punjab.
Superintendent, South
Punjab.
Superintendent, North
Punjab.
Superintendent, South
Punjab.
Under training in South
Punjab.
Under training in North
Punjab.
Dates of holding charge.
1st to 28th April 1910
29th April 1910 to 31st
March 1911.
1st to 20th April 1910
1st to 6th April 1910
and 10th October 1910
to 31st March 1911.
21st April 1910 to 31st
March 1911.
7th April 1910 to 9th
October 1910.
10th October 1911 to
18th February.
20th February to 31st
March 1911.
No. of days toured.
...
136
...
95
57
127
MILES
TRAVELLED.
By rail.
...
4,437
4,911
2,223
5,743
By road.
...
978
625
787
972
No. of districts visit-
ed.
...
6
8
6
10
Outbreaks attended
...
7
...
1
1
Incculation checked.
7
...
1
6
Fairs attended.
...
5
9
1
3
Part II.-Treatment of Disease.
Mortality.—Table II.
2. During the year under report 217,823 cases of epidemic disease
were reported, of which 74,696 proved fatal. The figures
for the previous year were 337,146 cases and 51,547 deaths.
The decrease in reported cases is mainly under foot-and-mouth disease, there
being a decrease of 163,463 cases. The increase in the number of deaths is
probably due to the information supplied by patwaris being more accurate,
and at the same time rinderpest has been more severe than usual, having
been more or less prevalent in all the districts throughout the year, and it alone
accounts for 50,278 deaths as against 18,910 last year.
Investigation of disease.
3. The officers of the department have frequently visited outbreaks of
epidemic disease and supervised inoculation work during
the course of their tours. Original investigation is almost
impossible when there is a large amount of inspection work to be got through
necessitating long journeys over large areas, and the large amount of office
work which apparently is increasing.
Examination and collection
of specimens.
4. During the year 101 pathological specimens were submitted to this
office for examination, of which 94 were examined by,
Mr Woodley and 7 were sent to the Punjab Veterinary
College. In the South Punjab Circle Mr. Taylor examined 110 specimens.
Collection of biting-flies,
etc.
5. A number of blood-sucking flies, ticks, etc., were collected by Mr.
Woodley and sent to the Imperial Entomologist for
identification. A collection was also sent from the North
Punjab Circle. At the request of the Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary
Department, a large number of specimens of leeches were collected by the
subordinate staff of the Central and South Punjab Circles, and sent to the
Natural History Section of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
Maps showing the distribu-
tion of diseases.
6. Maps showing the distribution of epidemic diseases prevailing in the
Punjab were prepared and submitted to the Inspector-
General of Civil Veterinary Department.