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APPENDIX I
Financial Statement of the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary Department for the year 1927-28.
Budget Head.
Establishment ... ... ...
Conveyance Allowance to Inspecting Staff ...
Grant for mallein ... ... ...
Compensation for horses destroyed for Glanders.
Burning carcasses of horses ... ...
Telephone charges ... ... ...
Contingent charges ... ... ...
Building and repairs ... ... ...
Rents, Rates and Taxes ... ... ...
Uniform to Inspectors ... ... ...
Total ...
Allotment.
1926-27.
Rs.
22,688
2,982
1,000
2,000
1,800
575
1,539
1,345
1,216
430
35,575
a.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1927-28.
Rs.
23,833
3,260
950
1,425
1,140
575
1,462
1,350
1,094
430
35,519
a.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Budget Head.
Establishment ... ... ...
Conveyance Allowance to Inspecting Staff ...
Cost of mallein ... ... ...
Compensation for horses destroyed for Glanders
Burning carcasses of horses ... ...
Telephone charges ... ... ...
Contingent charges ... ... ...
Building and repairs ... ... ...
Rents. Rates and Taxes ... ... ...
Uniform to Inspectors ... ... ...
Total ...
Expenditure.
1926-27.
Rs.
22,553
3,025
709
a.
0
8
5
p.
0
0
0
......
......
450
1,495
1,346
548
340
30,467
0
7
0
4
0
8
0
6
0
0
0
6
1927.-28.
Rs.
22,937
2,902
456
175
325
450
917
1,351
448
310
30,274
a.
15
12
13
0
0
0
3
11
4
0
10
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
No. 6444 of 1928
From
E. S. FARBROTHER, ESQ., M.R.C.V.S., I.V.S.,
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department
Bombay Presidency, Poona
To
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
Revenue Department, Bombay.
Poona, 30th June 1928.
Sir,
I have the honour to submit for the consideration of Government
the Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary
Department, Bombay Presidency, for the year 1927-28.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
E. S. FARBROTHER,
Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department,
Bombay Presidency, Poona.
Q 17—3
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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1927-28
I continued to hold charge of the Department throughout the
year 1927-28. I was on tour for 107 days and visited all the
districts of the Presidency with the exception of Belgaum, Bijapur
and Kanara. I travelled 5,099 miles by rail and 2,290 miles by
road and during the course of my tours, inspected 45 Veterinary
dispensaries and the stallions maintained by the District Local
Board, Ahmednagar, and inspected sites and buildings selected for
Veterinary dispensaries.
I served as a member of the Board of Examiners at the Bombay
Veterinary College in April 1927 and conducted the supplementary
examination held at the College in the following October. I also
attended the meeting of the Provincial Board of Agriculture and
superintended operations for the protection of cattle against
Rinderpest in Dharwar District.
2. Khan Saheb J. D. Buxy held the post of Deputy Superin-
tendent and Personal Assistant to the Superintendent throughout
the year with the exception of 5 days when he was on leave. He
was on tour for 39 days and travelled 4,865 miles by rail and 262
miles by road and visited 5 districts. He protected by the serum-
simultaneous method of inoculation 51 cattle at the Bankapur Cattle
Breeding Farm and collected material for investigation into the
cause of abortion on two private farms. He visited the Bombay
Pinjrapole and its branches as usual and gave advice to the
Trustees in connection with the live-stock maintained at that
institution.
I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION
3. The usual instruction was given to new recruits. Sanction
was accorded by Government to the deputation of two members of
the Subordinate staff for a six months' course of Post Graduate
instruction to the Madras Veterinary College, but for want of funds
the deputation had to be cancelled.
II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASE
Table I.
4. Contagious Diseases.—As in the previous year, contagious
diseases were reported from all districts and the
City of Bombay. One thousand five hundred and
ninety one reports were received from villages
and 1,634 outbreaks were attended. There is an increase of 35
outbreaks attended over the number attended in 1926-27, but the
attacks and deaths reported are considerably less, being 44,797 and
8,031 respectively, compared with 65,579 and 11,613 last year. The
reduction is mainly under Rinderpest and Foot and Mouth disease,
both of which diseases were not so wide spread.
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Equine Contagious Diseases
5. Glanders.—Only six cases of Glanders were reported and
all were from the City of Bombay. These cases were dealt with by
the City and Harbour Veterinary Department.
Surra was reported from the City of Bombay, and the districts
of Ahmedabad, Kaira, Panch Mahals, Broach, Surat, Nasik, Poona
and Kolaba. One hundred and nineteen cases were dealt with, of
which 51 were in the Ahmedabad District and 21 in Kaira. These
two districts were badly affected by the floods.
Three cases of strangles were reported.
Bovine Contagious Diseases
6. Among the bovine contagious diseases reported this year were
Rinderpest, Foot and Mouth Disease, Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia,
Black Quarter, Anthrax and Contagious abortion, the latter, I
believe, for the first time in this Presidency.
7. Rinderpest.—With the exception of Kaira, Panch Mahals and
East Khandesh Districts, Rinderpest was reported from all parts
of the Presidency. The disease did not extend to any great extent
and only 3,463 attacks and 1,717 deaths were reported, the largest
number of cases occurring in Ratnagiri, Kolaba, Dharwar and
Thana Districts.
8. Foot and Mouth Disease.—This disease was reported from
all districts and the City of Bombay. There were 33,339 attacks
and 123 deaths reported as against 43,852 attacks and 230 deaths
last year. Eight hundred and thirty-one villages were affected.
9. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Was reported from all districts
with the exception of Ahmednagar. Three thousand five hundred
and ninety three head of cattle were affected and 3,085 died. The
disease was very wide spread in Gujerat after the floods had
subsided.
10. Black Quarter.—Black Quarter was reported from Surat,
Nasik, Ahmednagar, Poona, Sholapur, Satara, Bijapur, Belgaum,
Dharwar and Ratnagiri Districts. Reports were received from 169
villages and 1,621 cattle were attacked and 1,499 died.
11. Anthrax.—With the exception of Ahmednagar and Kolaba,
outbreaks of Anthrax were reported from all districts of the
Central and Southern Divisions and from Ahmedabad and Thana
districts of the Northern Division. One thousand one hundred and
forty-eight animals were affected and 823 died. Bijapur recorded
431 attacks and 365 deaths and Kanara 386 attacks and 185 deaths.
The mortality in Kanara appears to be abnormally low.
12. Other Diseases.—Two hundred and twenty-nine attacks
with 64 deaths were reported from other diseases, including
Contagious abortion, contagious Nasal Granuloma, Coccidiosis,
Parasitic Mange, Piroplasmosis, Rabies, Dengue, etc.
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Contagious Diseases in other Animals
13. A contagious disease among sheep and goats, particularly
the latter, was reported from several talukas of Bijapur District
towards the end of the year. Four hundred animals were reported
to have been attacked by this disease, of which 265 died. Investi-
gation into the cause of this disease is not complete, but in some
respects it resembled Rinderpest and was dealt with as such, and
Anti rinderpest inoculations appeared to have some beneficial results.
Unfortunately some three quarter bred merino rams introduced into
the district by the Wilson Anti Famine Institute succumbed.
Scabies in Goats was also reported from this district. " Kymac "
Sheep dip was tried on some affected animals and the results
reported were very satisfactory.
Other diseases reported under this head were variola, Foot and
Mouth Disease, Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia and pleuropneumonia in
sheep and goats, fowl cholera and rabies. Sixty-five cases of
suspected rabies were dealt with by the staff, of which 25 were
proved positive by examination of brains at the Bombay Bacterio-
logical Laboratory.
Preventive Measures
Table II.
14. Rinderpest.—As previously pointed out, Rinderpest was not
very wide spread during the year and conse-
quently the number of inoculations performed
by the " Serum alone " method is considerably
lower than in the previous year. Fourteen thousand seven hundred
and forty-five cattle, sheep and goats were inoculated in 99 out-
breaks against 23,159 in 212 outbreaks last year and the mortality
recorded among the inoculated was 25 against 61. Ninety-eight
cattle were, in addition protected by the Serum-Simultaneous
method against 57 of the year before.
15. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Two thousand nine hundred and
thirty-five animals were vaccinated in 36 villages, 10,891 protected
by serum inoculation in 108 outbreaks and 1,462 by combined serum
inoculation and vaccination in 15 outbreaks against this disease,
the recorded mortality among the protected being 19. There is
an increase of 6,183 protected over the previous year.
16. Anthrax.—Nine hundred and eighty-eight serum inocula-
tions were undertaken to protect cattle and sheep against Anthrax
in 12 actual outbreaks of the disease and 5 deaths were reported
amongst the inoculated. In the previous year 378 inoculations
were performed in 6 outbreaks.
17. Black Quarter.—One thousand and sixty-three cattle were
inoculated with serum alone in 16 outbreaks and 2,190 by combined
serum and aggressin in 33 outbreaks. Six of these were reported to
have died subsequent to the inoculation from Black Quarter.
Fifty-three cattle at the Bankapur Breeding farm were protected
with Black Quarter Aggressin. An outbreak of this disease occurred
on the farm in February and 4 of the protected cattle died.
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18. A sum of Rs. 1,502-13-0 was recovered as fees from the
owners of cattle protected against Hæmorrhagic Septicaemia,
Anthrax and Black Quarter. Cattle in Gujerat were inoculated
against Hæmorrhagic Septicaemia free of charge after the floods, as
a relief measure. Now that Government have sanctioned the free
supply of these sera and vaccines, a large increase in the number
of serum inoculations and vaccinations against the above mentioned
diseases is anticipated.
Other Diseases
Table III.
19. The work under this head for the past two years is
indicated in the following tabular statement:—
Year
1926-27
1927-28
Villages visited
4,706
3,248
Cases treated
Contagious
25,804
26,163
Non-contagious
24,715
13,087
Castrations
9,985
9,199
There is a reduction in number of villages visited and in the
number of cases treated for non-contagious diseases and castrations
performed. This reduction was due to the necessity of restricting
touring, the members of the staff, with a few exceptions, only being
allowed to leave their head-quarters in connection with epizootics
and castration work.
Investigation
20. Three hundred and twenty-nine specimens were sent to the
Bombay Veterinary College for examination; one hundred and
twenty-two post mortem examinations were conducted for diagnostic
purposes and 74 for medico legal purposes. Of the latter, in
11 cases death was found by the Chemical Analyzer to Government
to be due to poison.
Veterinary Dispensaries
Table IV.
21. There were 103 Veterinary dispensaries at the beginning of
the year and two more were opened by the
District Local Board, Poona, one at Talegaon
Dabhade in Maval Taluka and one at Indapur,
bringing the number at the end of the year to 105. Applications
for opening 12 other dispensaries were received but the Boards were
not able to carry out their programmes without financial assistance
from Government. The District Local Board, Poona however are
at present maintaining their new dispensaries without Government
assistance but it is doubtful if they will be able to do so for long.
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The work done in these dispensaries is as follows :—
In-patients ... ... ...
Out-Patients ... ... ...
Cases supplied with medicines ... ...
Total treated ...
1926-27
3,819
1,31,480
45,867
1,81,166
1927-28
4,713
1,48,787
45,946
1,99,446
There is an increase shown in the work done in these institutions,
and the majority of them appear to be well patronized by live stock
owners. Of those treated, 16,691 were castrated as against 10,928
last year.
For the past few years, a Veterinary Assistant Surgeon has been
sent to the Dangs for two months. During the year under report,
sanction was accorded to the opening of a dispensary in that area
for seven months every year, i. e., during the dry season, and accord-
ingly it was opened in December and remained so till the end of the
year. The work done there has not been included in the above
figures. The chief work done was in connection with the control
of epizootics.
22. Buildings.—The buildings for the Dakor and Vaduj Veteri-
nary dispensaries were completed during the year.
Those at
Dakor have been occupied and the Veterinary dispensary at Vaduj
will soon be removed to its new quarters. Unfortunately it was not
possible to continue the building programme during the year, and
many dispensaries are still in urgent need of suitable accommoda-
tion. Accommodation for in-patients at the Ramnarayan Amerchand
Veterinary Hospital at Poona City and the Wadia Veterinary
dispensary at Anand is insufficient.
The District Local Board,
Kaira, have acquired land for further extensions at Anand and it is
hoped that the Poona City Municipality, who have now taken over
the control of the Ramnarayan Amerchand Veterinary Hospital,
will soon take steps to increase the accommodation at the institution.
III.—HORSE BREEDING OPERATIONS
(1) Horse and Pony Stallions
23. The District Local Board, Ahmednagar had 5 pony stallions
at the beginning of the year. One died in June and was not
replaced. They covered 138 mares altogether, the average number
of coverings for each stallion (excluding one that died) being 33.5,
The average cost of maintenance was Rs. 553 per stallion.
The District Local Board, Sholapur had two stallions at the
beginning of the year and they were both sold. They covered,
while in service 35 mares and cost on an average Rs. 386/-. It is
regretted that the Board considered it necessary to sell both stallions,
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One was certainly old and not a very good foal-getter, but no
complaints were received regarding the other. There is still a
demand for the services of stallions in this district, but unfortunately
the present financial position of the Board, precludes the possibility
of any new ones being purchased in the near future.
IV.—SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT
24. There were five Veterinary Inspectors and 113 Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons employed at the beginning of the year. During
the year, one Veterinary Assistant Surgeon retired on superannua-
tion pension and one on invalid pension; one was transferred to
the Civil Veterinary Department, Sind, one to the Agricultural
Department and one resigned. Eleven new recruits were appointed
and the number employed at the close of the year was therefore 5
Veterinary Inspectors and 119 Veterinary Assistant Surgeons.
With few exceptions, they all worked well.
The Veterinary Inspectors in the course of their tours, travelled
11,809 miles by road, 18,769 miles by rail and 286 miles by sea.
They inspected the majority of the Veterinary Dispensaries in their
Divisions three times, checked the work of the Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons in the villages, attended fairs and shows, inspected tonga
lines and visited pinjrapoles, cattle markets, etc.
Veterinary Inspector Y. N. Marathe, Ahmednagar Division, very
successfully organised the horse and cattle show held in connection
with the Ahmednagar District Agricultural Show, where some very
useful cattle and horses were exhibited.
The names of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons F. C. Talathi and
H. A. Chhaya were brought to my notice in connection with work
done by them at Dholka and Viramgaon during the Gujerat floods.
The services of Mr. B. G. Vyas, of Eru Four Roads were very
much appreciated by the Jalalpur Taluka Development Association
for organizing the cattle show section of their agricultural show.
The following have also done good work during the year :—
Mr. U. J. Pathan.
„ L. N. Ghatpande.
„ N. B. Kotbagi.
„ J. G. Kulkarni.
„ G. S. Balekundri.
„ M. C. Patted.
Mr. E. N. Naik.
„ Y. V. Limaye.
„ S. P. Belunke.
„ D. S. Veena.
„ N. V. Tamhankar.
„ B. H. Mudkavi.
V.—EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENT
Table V
25. The expenditure in connection with the Department amounted
to Rs. 3,50,506 of which Rs. 2,54,503* was
met from Provincial Revenues and Rs. 96,003
was met by the District Local Boards.
* Subject to final adjustment.
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VI.—GENERAL
REMARKS
26. The work of the department has been well maintained.
Rinderpest has been less prevalent than usual, but Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia and Black Quarter were more wide spread and
consequently there was no reduction in the number of calls made on
the Department in connection with this class of work. There
appears to be marked improvement in reporting, 1,281 of the 1,591
outbreaks being reported through the official agency. One hundred
and sixty-one were reported by cattle owners themselves, and this is
very encouraging. More promptness in reporting is still required
however.
Applications for opening 14 new dispensaries were received, but
as Government grants-in-aid were not available, only two were
opened. This and the necessity of reducing the touring of the staff,
were the two disappointing features of the year.
The staff was brought up to practically the full sanctioned cadre,
there being only one vacancy at the end of the year. This was
owing to one man resigning at a time when recruits were not avail-
able. A further expansion of the Staff is necessary to deal with the
work the Department is called upon to do.
The following is the programme of work for the year 1928-29.
The energies of the Department will be directed towards the
practical application of modern scientific methods of treatment of
disease, both curative and prophylactic.
E. S. FARBROTHER,
Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department,
Bombay Presidency, Poona.
Q 17-4
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TABLE I
Showing the number of deaths from contagious diseases amongst
animals during the year 1927-28
District
1
1 Ahmedabad ...
2 Broach ...
3 Kaira ...
4 Panch Mahals ...
5 Surat ...
6 Thana ...
7 Ahmednagar ...
8 East Khandesh ...
9 West Khandesh .
10 Nasik ...
11 Poona ...
12 Satara ...
13 Sholapur ...
14 Belgaurn ...
15 Bijapur ...
16 Dharwar ...
17 Kanara ...
18 Kolaba ...
19 Ratnagiri ...
20 Bombay City
...
Total ...
Equines
Glanders
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 6
6
Anthrax
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Surra
4
51
6
21
5
10
...
...
...
... 8
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
...
6
118
Strangles
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other contagious
diseases
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
Total
7
51
6
21
5
10
...
...
...
... 8 1
...
...
...
...
...
... 11
... l2
125
Bovines
Rinderpest
8
60
32
...
... 25
128
65
... 5
|
42
78
1
4
48
101
178
24
241
180
5
1,717
Foot and Mouth
disease
9
...
...
...
...
... 69
14
4
12
2
... 1
4
... 3
... 11
... 2
1
123
Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia
10
549
116
1,088
58
56
106
... 37
2
9
6
124
88
253
75
273
64
99
59
23
3,085
Black Quarter
11
...
...
...
... 8
... 177
...
... 18
119
606
413
13
56
80
...
... 9
...
1,499
Anthrax
12
18
...
...
...
... 7
... 7
31
17
15
4
73
33
365
30
185
... 38
...
823
District
1
1 Ahmedabad ...
2 Broach ...
3 Kaira ...
4 Panch Mahals ...
5 Surat ...
6 Thana ...
7 Ahmednagar ...
8 East Khandesh ...
9 West Khandesh..
10 Nasik ...
11 Poona ...
12 Satara ...
13 Sholapur ...
14 Bolgaum ...
15 Bijapur ...
16 Dharwar ...
17 Kanara ...
18 Kolaba ...
19 Ratnagiri ...
20 Bombay City ..
Total ...
Bovines—
contd.
Other contagious
diseases
13
...
...
...
...
... 17
...
...
... 2
...
...
... 2
...
... 43
...
...
...
64
Total
i
14
627
148
1,088
58
89
327
256
48
50
90
218
736
582
349
600
561
327
310
788
29
7,311
Others
Rinderpest
in
sheep and goats
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 265
...
...
...
...
...
265
Foot and Mouth
disease in sheep
and goats
16
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Pleuro-Pneumonia
in sheep and
goats
17
34
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
34
Goatscab
18
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 79
...
...
...
...
...
79
Rabies in dogs
19
...
...
...
...
...
... 1
...
... 1
...
...
...
... 3
... 7
...
...
...
12
Sheep pox
20
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 7
...
...
...
... 186
...
...
...
...
...
193
Other contagious
diseases
21
3
...
...
...
...
... 1
...
...
... ...
... ...
... 3
... ...
...
...
...
7
Total
22
37
...
...
...
...
... 2
...
... 13
...
...
...
... 536
... 7
...
... ...
595
Remarks
23
27
TABLE II
Showing the Results of Preventive Inoculation
during the year 1927-28
District
1
Broach ...
Surat ...
Thana ...
Ahmednagar...
Poona ...
Sholapur ...
Belgaum ...
Bijapur ...
Dharwar ...
Kanara ...
Kolaba ...
Ratnagiri ...
Total ...
Dharwar ...
Total ..
Kaira ...
Surat ...
Thana ...
Belgaum ...
Total ..
Name of
disease
against
which
inoculation
was carried
out
2
Rinderpest.
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
......
Rinderpest.
......
Hæmorrha
gic Septi-
cæmia.
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
......
Method of
inoculation
followed
3
Serum alone.
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
......
Serum
Si-
multa-
neous Me-
thod.
......
Vaccination
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
......
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken
4
2
3
6
3
2
1
5
5*
1†
1†
35*
8
8
5
99
2
2
2
2
21
11
36
Number of
animals
Which died
un-inoculated
in the course
of outbreak
Equines
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
6
19
9
58
84
6
4
48
34
350
36
90
705
1,443
...
...
...
...
...
11
11
Others
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
210†
7†
...
...
...
217
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
animals
inoculated or
vaccinated
Equines
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
9
188
196
496
180
191
305
411
820
7,924
662
558
728
12,659
98
98
16
403
1,730
636
2,935
Others
10
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...
...
...
...
...
...
† 2,036
50†
...
...
...
2,086
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
inoculated
animals
which
died of the
disease
Equines
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
2
2
4
5
16
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Others
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9†
...
...
...
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks
14
*Cattle.
† Sheep
and
goats.