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SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT.
14. The total strength of subordinate veterinary staff employed at this
College during the year under report is included in Table VII of the Report
of the Civil Veterinary Department, Bengal.
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLLEGE.
15. Table XIV-A shows in detail the expenditure of the College
during the year.
GENERAL REMARKS.
16. Donation.—Rai Dr. K. C. Bose Bahadur, C. I. E., has presented on
behalf of his friend, Babu Mohan Lall Bahal of No. 1, Doyahatta Street,
Calcutta, a sum of Rs. 4,000 towards providing a special place in the Dog Ward
for the accommodation of dogs suspected of rabies.
17. Sports.—At football we won 5 out of 13 matches and at cricket 12
out of 17 matches. In the inter-class matches, class C were the winners.
A team entered for the Calcutta Athletic Sports, and won a prize for the High
Jump. A pavilion has been added to the play-ground.
The Hon'ble Mr. J. O. Miller after the last prize distribution presented
Rs. 50 towards the Athletic Club Funds. The students have paid up Rs. 151
to the funds, and Government has subscribed the same amount. The Lecturers
and others have also helped.
18. Staff.—I desire to thank Mr. Brand and the lecturing staff of the
College for their assistance throughout the year, especially for the examination
and certifying of 4,000 Hackney Carriage horses. I thank also Mr. S. N.
Mitter, G. Beng. V. C, and the Laboratory staff for their help in that Institu-
tion. Mr. S. C. Paul has done his work as Chief Inspector under the Infectious
Diseases Act with firmness and tact. Babu Bhusan Chandra Ghose, my Head
Assistant, and the members of his staff, have worked well as usual. Babu
Manmatha Nath Chatterjee, the Manager of the Hostels, has also given satis-
faction in the performance of his numerous duties.
THE EPIZOOTIC DISEASES DEPARTMENT.
Section 3 of the Glanders and Farcy Act, XIII of 1899, has been amended
and is called the Glanders and Farcy Law Amendment Act, 1910(XII of 1910).
2. During the year the number of stables under my supervision was
approximately 4,025, which contained about 16,000 horses. Glanders was
detected in 34 stables against 54 in 1909-10 and 90 in 1908-09, which seems to
indicate that we may be making some progress in Calcutta towards checking
the disease ; but it is too early to be sanguine.
3. The number of horses admitted into the Contagious Diseases (Animal)
Hospital was 496, to which should be added 7 animals that were under observa-
tion at the close of last year. Of this total number (303), 57 were disposed of
according to the Act (51 for Glanders, 1 for Surra, and 5 for Epizootic Lym-
phangitis), 10 died in the Hospital (4 of Glanders, 2 of Surra, and 4 of general
debility and anæmia), 230 were discharged as free from glanders, and 6 are
under observation. One case of Glanders and one of Surra were detected in a
batch of 50 ponies of the Calcutta Corporation sent to Belgachia to be
malleinized. There was no trouble with the people.
4. A sum of Rs. 245-5-4 against Rs. 511 of last year was paid as compen-
sation out of the grant of Rs. 1,000 made for the purpose.
5. The arrangement whereby the management of outbreaks of all
epizootic diseases was undertaken by me has continued with advantage to the
public. Special provision was made for the inspection of the cattle of private
milk-vendors, dairy farms, gowkhanas, etc. ; thus about 1,200 cattle-sheds
and 17,000 cattle were visited by my staff, and an immediate report was made
whenever disease was detected. The Health Officer and I kept each other
informed of all outbreaks of epizootic disease that came to our notice. These
arrangements enabled me to take immediate steps when outbreaks occurred;
they also enabled Dr. Pearse to keep the Chairman informed.
Rinderpest was prevalent in Calcutta and Suburbs during the year.
The outbreak began as an epizootic in October last and prevailed during the rest
of the year. It appeared in a virulent form in the Municipal Gowkhanas of
Calcutta, Cossipore-Chitpore, Manicktola and Howrah and in the Zoological
Garden, the Presidency Jail and elsewhere. Foot-and-mouth disease appeared
in several parts of the Calcutta Glanders area, notably in District No. I ,