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Contagious ward.
6. Provision has been made, as in previous years, for the demonstration
of all available cases of contagious diseases to students.
I regret to say that nothing has yet been done to remedy
the deplorable lack of accommodation which is now severely felt as work in-
creases. A separate report will be sent in, as usual, to the Inspector-General
on the work done in the contagious ward. The report will largely be taken up
with research work on trypanosomiasis and piroplasmosis. A new form of
trypanosomiasis for India has been discovered in the blood of Punjab cattle, a
form which can only be demonstrated by laboratory cultural methods. The
trypanosome cannot be demonstrated in the blood of living animals by the
microscope, but on mixing some blood with bouillon and incubating, large
numbers of active flagellates come into existence. The parasite is quite differ-
ent biologically from the trypanosome of surra.
Treatment of surra has been continued with disappointing results. It is
a great advance to be able to cure cases at all, but it becomes more and more
evident that surra must be tackled from the preventative, and not, except in
rare cases, from the curative point of view. There is every reason to hope that
before long some methods may be found of dealing with surra in the animals
which act as "reservoirs" of the disease during the non-surra seasons, and a
Stamping out policy adopted during these seasons.
An account will be given of canine piroplasmosis, which has been found
to exist here in an unexpected form. Cases have only been suspected to be
piroplasmosis when they have shown symptoms of jaundice, as in South Africa,
where the disease is known as malignant jaundice, but we have found this year
that the disease can occur without the commonly understood symptoms, and that
in all probability most cases here never show malignant jaundice at all, the term
being a wrong one for the disease in this country. Trypanblau, the new specific
for this disease, has been found to have no effect on this form of piroplasmosis,
and it is therefore possible the parasite may be new to science.
It is interesting to note the prevalence of certain very rare parasites in
this part of the world, particularly the filaria osleri, which outside Lahore has
only been seen on three occasions.
Income.
7. The sum paid into the treasury was Rs. 12,046-11-1 as against
Rs. 12,454-8-0 last year, the decrease being due to our
reduction of the number of students. The income of the
dog hospital was Rs. 1,340-8-0 as compared with Rs. 1,094-4-0 of last year, and
the expenditure this year was Rs. 1,361-11-7 against 1,433-2-8 last year.
General,
8. The demand for our graduates continues to exceed the supply.
Each year now, until our college is enlarged or re-built,
the supply of graduates will become less, as we are being
compelled to reduce our numbers so as to gain in efficiency.
I have sent, for Government's consideration, a revision of the whole
college staff, giving our requirements for an enlarged college to meet the great
demand for graduates and to provide for a post-graduate training. I am now
preparing plans showing our requirements in the way of buildings and space.
The question of a site must be regarded as most important, because if we are
not in a place which is convenient for the Civil Station and the Anarkali side
of the city, we lose the necessary practice for our students.
The practice is none too large for the requirements of an enlarged
college, and the only place suitable to obtain this practice is our present site or
its immediate neighbourhood. To remove us very far from here will mean that
before many years the college will automatically close for want of practice for
teaching students, as in the case of the Ajmere institution,