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necessarily affected the out-patient practice to a very considerable extent.
The number of patients treated during the last three years is as follows:—
Equine in door ...
Equine out-door ...
Bovine in-door ...
Bovine out-door ...
Canine in-door ...
Canine out-door ...
Contagious ward ...
1013-14.
634
2,715
23
2,371
191
456
279
1914-15.
561
1,943
18
1,319
47
264
130
1915-16.
763
1,783
48
1,238
303
405
239
The decrease last year was due to lack of accommodation. This year the
figures are in some cases even less than last. A scheme is under consideration
for increasing the amount of practice by establishing a Municipal Veterinary
Hospital on the other side of the city in connection with the College.
Income.
8. The amount paid into the treasury was
Rs. 16,603-2-0 against Rs. 12,833-4-6 last year.
Outstandings.
9. The outstandings on 31st March 1916 were only Rs. 963-4-0.
Owing to war many reminders and final notices issued
from time to time were returned as "unknown."
Demand for graduates.
10. Never before has the demand for graduates been so great: and the
supply is totally inadequate to meet it. I have for many
years advocated the establishment of a second Vernacular
Veterinary College in Northern India and feel it to be my duty to once again
represent the urgent necessity which exists for such an institution. Procrasti-
nation in this matter is costing Government very dear at present. By placing
the whole of the veterinary work in Lahore under the College and by establish-
ing branch hospitals, we shall no doubt be able to train more men, but we can
never hope to cope with the demand. We have at our disposal here all the
means possible for training Veterinary graduates, and turn out some excellent
men. But in order to obtain the best results, better organisation of the
veterinary services seems to be required. Under the present system training
often practically ceases when the men leave the College. If they could go on
working in the hospitals and districts for some further period under direct
European veterinary supervision, much better results should be obtained. The
same is true both of Civil and Military students. More use might be made
of the facilities which exist for the training of men in special subjects, such as
camel diseases, and more men might be sent back occasionally for "Refresher"
courses at the College.
Laboratory.
11. Work in the Laboratory has been at a standstill for some years
now, partly owing to the illness of Mr. Gaiger, and partly
to lack of accommodation. By Mr. Gaiger's retirement we
have lost a capable and energetic officer, who had devoted some years to
the study of Indian diseases and was becoming a reliable authority on the
subject. Material was received in the Laboratory during his time and a con-
siderable connection had been established with workers in India and Europe.
Owing to the interruption in the work much of this has been lost, but now
that accommodation is provided and new workers have been obtained, we are
beginning to again get into communication with the outside world.
Anti-rabio
inoculation
of degs.
12. As the result of Mr. Taylor's deputation to Kasauli the anti-rabic
inoculation of dogs bitten by rabid dogs has been carried
out on a small scale experimentally, on the same lines as
those in use at the Pasteur Institute. This work is of
considerable importance and the matter requires further study.
Other experiments.
13. A number of horses have been sent in from Baluchistan and the
Punjab for the diagnosis of dourine, and some experiments
have been made with regard to the treatment of the
disease. A number of horses have also been treated for surra by the arsenic
and other methods. Cases are unfortunately generally sent in very late
owing to the difficulty in diagnosis in the districts. So the percentage of cure
has only been 33 per cent. Atoxyl and arsenic seem to be as efficient as
the mixed method, but the latter very often gives good results in case of a