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plague interfered to a certain extent with the work of the hospital. The
veterinary assistant continues to inspect the slaughter-house, the meat market
and municipal cattle for which he receives a fee of Rs. 12-8 a month from
the municipality and Rs. 25 from the District Board. One hundred and
sixty-four operations were performed against 154 in 1909-10,
56. Balasore.—The inpatient department of this hospital is not a
success and will be closed. The veterinary assistant will then tour in the
sadar subdivision only as the itinerant veterinary assistant has been posted
to Bhadrak.
57. Sambalpur.—The total number of animals treated was 954 against
996 of the previous year. An outbreak of rinderpest occurred in the town
during the month of July 1910 and caused considerable loss. Veterinary
assistant was severely censured for not having discovered the disease.
58. Arrah.—Eight hundred and eighty-one patients were treated against
897 of the previous year. I regret to have to call attention to the lack of
interest which is displayed in the welfare of this institution by officials and
the native gentlemen of the town.
59. Larpur.—One hundred and fourteen inpatients and 1,374 outpatients
were treated against 100 and 1,751 of the previous year. The decrease in the
number of outpatients was due to the fact that there was no outbreak of conta-
gious disease in the neighbourhood of the dispensary or at Siripur Farm during
the year. A new shed for cattle inpatients and an isolation ward have been
erected. The work of the assistant is most satisfactory and is much appre-
ciated by planters and the villagers of the neighbourhood.
60. Hazaribagh.—Five hundred and twenty-eight patients were treated
at this hospital against 519 of the previous year. The number of inpatients
has considerably decreased as 18 inpatients only were treated against 31 of the
previous year. As the assistant has to tour in the district, this may account
for the decrease. The Deputy Commissioner holds a good opinion of the
veterinary assistant.
61. Bhagalpur.—This dispensary is making rapid progress and mainly
through the exertions of the veterinary assistant. The district officials take
keen interest in its work, and the District Magistrate has informed me that he
considers it the best conducted institution of the kind in the district,
62. Cooch Behar.—It is reported that no proper hospital accommodation
for horse inpatients is provided. Six hundred and twenty-four patients were
treated against 689 of the previous year.
SHOEING FORGES.
63. Eight shoeing forges were maintained by District Boards or munici-
palities during the year, and in the case of the following, yielded a profit of—
(1) Purnea
(2) Ranchi
(3) Gaya
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152-8.
(5) Sambalpur and (6) Cuttack showed losses and were recommended to be closed.
(7) Monghyr also showed a loss, but this is due to the fact that all municipal bullocks
are shod free of charge.
(8) At Bhagalpur 541 animals were shod during the year, but the income derived
was Rs. 711 against an expenditure of Rs, 774. The loss is said to be
due to want of a good Nalbund.
64. Applications for Nalbunds have been received from several districts
during the year but no trained men were available. The supply of trained
Nalbunds is a question which municipalities and local bodies might very well
take up, as there are a large number of horses incapacitated from work through
no other cause than bad shoeing.
PART III.—BREEDING OPERATIONS.
65. Table VIII shows the number of stud bulls at present serving in the
various districts of the province. The bull reported to have been stolen last
year from the Muzaffarpur District Board has not been recovered. It is feared
he has been slaughtered.