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53. Gauhati Government Dispensary.—Veterinary
Assistant A. Ahmed held
charge of the dispensary throughout the year with the exception of the first 15 days
of April, when P. Das was in charge. Pour hundred and two animals were treated
at the dispensary, of which 34 are equines, 274 bovines, and 94 others. In the
previous year 835 cases were treated, of which 82 were equines, 199 bovines, and 54
others. There has been a slight increase in the total number of cases.
54. Table VI shows the receipts and expenditure on veterinary hospitals and
dispensaries during the year. The information furnished by the local bodies was not
complete and caused delay and increased work in correcting. There is a slight
increase in dispensary receipts by fees in Dacca, Mymensingh, and Shillong. The
receipts reported from Dinajpur, Rangpur and Bogra are still small. During the
year instruments were supplied to some of the dispensaries at a cost of Rs. 514-7-6.
SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT.
55. Table VII shows the strength of the Subordinate Veterinary establishment as
it stood on 31st March 1911.
56. The number of the staff at the beginning of the year was 46, consisting of two
Veterinary Inspectors and 44 Veterinary Assistants. One Assistant resigned his
appointment during the year. Ten graduates of the Bengal Veterinary College
were allotted to this Province and joined the Department. The new Assistants were
posted to each of the following places: Dacca (reserve), Narayanganj, Tangail,
Gaibandha, Pabna, Serajganj, Hailakandi, Karimganj, Gauhati, and Nowgong.
57. Two of the Staff Veterinary Assistants were promoted to Inspectorships with
effect from the 29th March 1911.
At the close of the year there were accordingly four Veterinary Inspectors and 51
Veterinary Assistants in the Province.
58. A brief sketch of the work done by the Veterinary Inspectors during the
year is given below.
(1) Veterinary Inspector S. Mukherjee was in charge of the Assistants in the
Assam Valley ana Khasi Hills with his headquarters at Jorhat. He was on tour for
207 days and travelled 6,179 miles by rail, 1,121 miles by steamer and country boat,
and 1,003 miles by road. He inspected the work of the Veterinary Assistants, Dhubri,
Bilashipara, Goalpara, Barpeta, Tezpur, Mangaldai, Nowgong, Sibsagar, Moriani,
Golaghat, Dibrugarh, and Shillong thrice during the year, Gauhati twice, and North
Lakhimpur once. He also inspected the cattle at the Government farms in Shillong
and Jorhat and the ponies on the tonga road twice during the year. He visited 87
villages in his enquiry into the results of inoculation, and treated 36 animals for
contagious and 57 for non-contagious diseases at headquarters. He inoculated 176
ponies against anthrax in the mofussil and attended outbreaks' of suspected glanders
reported from Sibsagar and Goalpara as an Inspector under the Act.
(2) Veterinary Inspector G. P. Sen was in charge of the Assistants in Eastern
Bengal and Surma Valley, with his headquarters at Dacca, till the 28th March 1911,
when his jurisdiction was divided into three circles with an Inspector in charge of
each, one with Dacca Division, one with Rajshahi Division, and the other with
Chittagong, Surma Valley Division, and the Hill Districts.
During the year he was on tour for 225 days and travelled 7,206 miles by rail,
2,382 miles by steamer, and 1,101 miles by road. He visited 85 villages in his
enquiry into the results of inoculation and inspection of the work of the Assistants in
the interior. He inspected the following dispensaries and hospitals:—Dacca seven
times, Mymensingh, Noakhali, Tippera, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Bogra, Pabna, Malda,
Silchar twice. The dispensary at Narayanganj was inspected three times during the
year. The work of the Itinerant Veterinary Assistant at Dacca, Tangail, Chittagong,
Rajshahi, Nator, Gaibandha, Serajganj, Sylhet, Hailakandi, Srimangal, and Habiganj
were each inspected twice during the year, and Kishorganj once.
He attended eight outbreaks of glanders at Dacca, Narayanganj, Chittagong,
Comilla, Rajshahi, and Rangpur, and a large part of his time was devoted to inspection
work under the Glanders and Farcy Act. He also inspected the cattle at the Gov-
ernment farms at Dacca, Rajshahi, and Rangpur. During his stay at headquarters
he worked in the laboratory and supervised the receipt and issue of sera from and to
various parts of the Province.