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TABLE II—continued
District
1
Panch Mahals.
Surat ...
Thana ...
East
Khan-
desh.
West
Khan-
desh.
Nasik ...
Poona ...
Satara ...
Sholapur ...
Belgaum ...
Bijapur ...
Dharwar ...
Kanara ...
Kolaba ...
Ratnagiri ...
Total ..
Ahmedabad ...
Broach ...
Kaira ...
Surat ...
Thana ...
Poona ...
Satara ...
Belgaum ...
Dharwar ...
Total...
Name of
disease
against
which
inoculation
was carried
out
2
Hæmorrha-
gic
Septi-
cæmia.
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do....
Do....
Do. ...
Do....
Do. ...
Do....
Do.
...
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Hæmorrha -
gic
Septi-
cæmia.
Do. ...
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do. ...
Do....
Method of
inoculation
followed
3
Scrum alone
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do. ...
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Vaccination
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do....
Do....
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken
4
6
18
2
12
3
4
5
10
5
48
7
54
1
6
1
211
3
3
14
5
5
1
1
4
2
38
Number of
animals
which died
un-inoculated
in the course
of outbreak
Equines
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
6
153
66
11
93
29
53
19
96
42
326
85
461
17
29
4
1,881
2b
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Others
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
animals
inoculated or
vaccinated
Equines
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
9
2,368
2,948
210
1,970
403
349
432
689
1,058
5,870
1,429
11,263
16
165
64
35,886
391
247
2,610
258
336
52
50
687
330
4,956
Others
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
inoculated
animals
which
died of the
disease
Equines
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
12
...
1
5
5
...
1
...
1
...
9
...
3
...
1
...
27
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Others
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks
14
30
TABLE II—continued
District
1
Ahmednagar ...
Poona ...
Satara ...
Belgaum ...
Bijapur ...
Total ...
Surat ...
Ahmednagar ...
East
Khan-
desh.
Nasik ...
Poona ...
Satara ...
Sholapur ...
Belgaum ...
Bijapur ...
Dharwar ...
Kanara ...
Total ...
Sholapur ...
Total ...
Name of
disease
against
which
inoculation
was carried
out
2
Black Quar-
ter.
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Black Quar-
ter.
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Black Quar
ter.
Method of
inoculation
followed
3
Serum alone.
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Aggress in
alone.
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Serum and
Aggress in
combined.
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken
4
2
3
6
1
6
18
34
55
4
12
42
15
7
23
61
22
276
1
1
Number of
animals
which died
in-inoculated
in the course
of outbreak
Equines
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
6
26
23
29
2
47
127
...
393
16
80
366
63
46
160
374
121
1
1,620
4
Others
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
animals
inoculated or
vaccinated
Equines
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
9
271
321
458
100
294
1,414
1,151
8,229
259
1,533
4,036
1,391
596
3,207
8,983
2,573
95
32,0555
18
183
Others
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
inoculated
animals
which
died of the
disease
Equines
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
...
4
3
...
...
1
11
1
...
28
...
...
Others
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks
14
31
TABLE II—concluded
District
1
Ahmednagar ...
West
Khan-
desh.
Belgaum ...
Bijapur ...
Dharwar ...
Total ...
Grand Total...
Name of
disease
against
which
inoculation
was carried
out
2
Anthrax ...
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Method of
inoculation
followed
3
Serum alone.
Do....
Do....
Do....
Do....
Number or outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken
4
2
3
1
1
7
14
1,110
Number of
animals
which died
in-inoculated
in the course
of outbreak
Equines
5
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
Bovines
6
24
37
9
3
44
117
13.391
Others
7
...
...
90
90
90
Number of
animals
inoculated or
vaccinated
Equines
8
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
Bovines
9
288
239
18
160
490
1,195
1,56,807
Others
10
...
...
...
...
341
341
341
Number of
inoculated
animals
which
died of the
disease
Equines
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
244
Others
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Re ma r
ks
14
32
TABLE III
Showing the number of animals treated and castrated by the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons on tour during the year 1929-30
District
1
Ahmedabad ...
Broach ...
Kaira ...
Panch Mahals ...
Surat ...
Thana ...
Ahmednagar ...
East Khandesh ...
West Khandesh ...
Nasik ...
Poona ...
Satara ...
Sholapur ...
Belgaum ...
Bijapur ...
Dharwar ...
Kanara ...
Kolaba ...
Ratnagiri ...
Total ...
Number
of
villages
visited
2
110
55
202
70
393
242
351
516
322
278
257
250
84
470
416
541
442
229
139
5,367
Number
of
Veterinary
Assistant
Surgeons
employed
3
4
4
5
2
7
4
9
12
7
4
7
8
5
6
6
8
3
3
2
106
Castrations performed
Equines
4
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
15
30
...
...
...
...
2
1
3
...
...
...
53
Bovines
5
...
...
22
483
242
192
1,283
862
285
152
882
60
44
363
2,390
885
175
120
377
8,817
Others
6
...
...
...
...
30
27
8
11
1
2
...
...
1
53
101
44
4
...
...
282
Total
7
...
...
22
483
273
220
1,291
888
316
154
882
60
45
418
2,492
932
179
120
377
9,152
Treated for con-
tagious diseases
Equines
8
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Bovines
9
2,550
386
3,209
1,217
2,394
242
2,258
7,788
4,040
6,197
665
2,868
746
3,056
1,205
3,110
6,287
2,787
4,223
55,228
33
TABLE III—continued
District
1
Ahmedabad ...
Broach ...
Kaira ...
Panch Mahals ...
Surat
...
Thana...
Ahmednagar
...
East Khandesh ...
West Khandesh ...
Nasik ...
Poona ...
Satara ...
Sholapur ...
Belgaum ...
Bijapur ...
Dharwar ...
Kanara ...
Kolaba ...
Ratnagiri ...
Total ...
Treated for
contagious
diseases—contd.
Others
10
20
...
20
12
...
1
36
10
...
70
36
...
...
27
342
1
228
...
...
803
Total
11
2,570
386
3,229
1,229
2,395
243
2,294
7,798
4,040
6,267
701
2,868
746
3,083
1,547
3,111
6,515
2,787
4,223
56,032
Treated for
non-contagious diseases
Equines
12
44
13
22
2
33
18
26
112
37
24
9
3
22
17
23
21
...
...
...
426
Bovines
13
772
171
560
78
1,025
198
604
1,131
375
381
300
106
135
472
990
921
107
66
198
8,590
Others
14
47
...
85
...
5
7
29
612
4
16
5
2
15
37
31
95
2
3
...
995
Total
15
863
184
667
80
1,063
223
659
1,855
416
421
314
111
172
526
1,044
1,037
109
69
198
10,011
Total
number of
cases
treated
and
castrations
performed
16
3,433
570
3,918
1,792
3,731
686
4,244
10,541
4,772
6,842
1,897
3,039
963
4,027
5,083
5,080
6,803
2,976
4,798
75,195
Remarks
17
Q 21—5
34
TABLE IV
Showing the number of animals treated and castrated at Veterinary
Hospitals and Dispensaries during the year 1929-30
District
1
Ahmedabad ... ...
Broach...
Kaira ... ...
Panch Mahals ... ...
Surat ... ...
Thana ... ...
Ahmednagar ... ...
East Khandesh ... ...
West Khandesh ... ...
Nasik ... ...
Poona ... ...
Satara ... ...
Sholapur ... ...
Belgaum ... ...
Bijapur ... ...
Dharwar ... ...
Kanara ... ...
Kolaba ... ...
Ratnagiri ... ...
Total ...
Number of Veterinary Dis-
pensaries
2
...
4
5
2
7
4
9
12
7
4
7
8
5
6
6
8
3
3
2
106
Number of Veterinary Assist-
ant Surgeons employed
3
4
4
5
2
7
4
9
12
7
4
7
8
5
6
6
8
3
3
2
106
Number of in-patients treated
during the year
Equines
4
299
40
35
45
48
2
26
36
44
20
141
11
68
38
27
15
1
1
1
898
Bovines
5
580
128
282
82
278
9
106
198
80
174
420
131
198
292
87
252
116
30
43
3,486
Others
6
64
4
8
12
4
9
18
11
6
82
79
5
19
60
2
25
1
...
2
411
Total
7
943
172
325
139
330
20
150
245
130
276
640
147
285
390
116
292
118
31
46
4,795
35
TABLE IV—continued
District
1
Ahmedabad ... ...
Broach ... ...
Kaira ... ...
Panch Mahals ... ...
Surat ... ...
Thana ... ...
Ahmednagar ... ...
East Khandesh ... ...
West Khandesh ... ...
Nasik ... ...
Poona ... ...
Satara ... ...
Sholapur ... ...
Belgaum ... ...
Bijapur ... ...
Dharwar ... ...
Kanara ... ...
Kolaba ... ...
Ratnagiri ... ...
Total ...
Number of out-patients treated
during the year
Equines
8
1,703
1,067
774
687
988
329
1,220
2,121
2,708
753
800
773
891
483
786
446
36
90
9
16,664
Bovines
9
3,724
2,218
4,605
1,778
5,013
1,594
9,060
18,837
7,172
5,374
8,770
9,733
4,223
7,569
6,704
9,405
2,736
1,461
1,902
1,11,878
Others
10
1,980
422
726
678
1,426
1,063
1,497
2,954
1,053
1,276
2,374
1,878
1,247
2,350
1,686
2,429
430
275
254
25,998
Total
11
7,407
3,707
6,105
3,143
7,427
2,986
11,777
23,912
10,933
7,403
11,944
12,384
6,361
10,402
9,176
12,280
3,202
1,826
2,165
1,54,540
Grand total of in and out-pati-
ents treated during the year
12
8,350
3,879
6,430
3,282
7,757
3,006
11,927
24,157
11,063
7,679
12,584
12,531
6,646
10,792
9,292
12,572
3,320
1,857
2,211
1,59,335
Total number of cases supplied
with medicines but not
brought to hospitals
13
2,270
1,741
4,042
1,095
2,685
1,407
2,519
2,455
4,466
1,335
1,521
2,547
1,014
3,742
2,043
2,386
6,943
2,108
2,029
48,348
36
TABLE IV—concluded
District
1
Ahmedabad ... ...
Broach ... ...
Kaira ... ...
Panch Mahals ...
Surat ... ...
Thana ... ...
Ahmednagar ... ...
East Khandesh ...
West Khandesh ...
Nasik ... ...
Poona ... ...
Satara ... ...
Sholapur ... ...
Belgaum ... ...
Bijapur ... ...
Dharwar ... ...
Kanara ... ...
Kolaba ... ...
Ratnagiri ... ...
Total ...
Castrations performed
Equines
14
11
1
2
6
6
...
1
288
635
123
5
4
8
6
14
12
...
...
...
1,122
Bovines
15
11
5
8
75
129
26
3,554
1,712
393
990
2,258
927
566
1,059
3,130
1,242
96
75
62
16,318
Others
16
9
1
2
...
67
1
25
15
4
4
11
191
29
243
499
568
22
...
...
1,691
Total
17
31
7
12
81
202
27
3,580
2,015
1,032
1,117
2,274
1,122
603
1,308
3,643
1,822
118
75
62
19,131
Receipts
18
Rs.
6,959
5,530
6,543
2,172
7,066
3,312
11,206
14,390
8,180
12,000
11,117
9,110
7,732
10,033
6,924
14,675
4,851
3,620
3,478
1,48,898
Expenditure
19
Rs.
6,542
4,377
6,530
2,222
8,249
6,027
10,179
14,390
9,668
10,094
10,016
8,756
5,938
10,033
6,924
14,000
4,622
3,724
3,019
1,45,310
37
TABLE V
Statement showing the cost of Civil Veterinary Department in the
Bombay Presidency (Proper) during the financial year 1929-30,
excluding the cost of the Bombay Veterinary College and the
Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary Department.
Major Head
1. Superintendence ...
2. Subordinate Establishment .
3. Hospitals and Dispensaries.
4. Breeding Operations (Horse).
Total ..
Deduct Government grants to
Veterinary
Hospitals and
Dispensaries.
Net Expenditure ...
Amount
Provincial
Rs.
80,267
1,90,347
38,825
......
3,09,439
......
3,09,439
a.
13
1
0
...
14
...
14
p.
0
0
0
...
0
...
0
Local
Rs.
......
66,815
78,492
1,785
1,47,092
38,825
1,08,267
a.
...
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
...
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
Rs.
80,267
2,57,162
1,17,317
1,785
4,56,531
38,825
4,17,706
a.
13
1
0
0
14
0
14
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Remarks
39
No.-2295/G-IV-3.
Karachi, dated 28 June 1930.
From
KHAN SAHIB J. D. BUXY,
Offg. Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Sind and Rajputana;
To
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
Revenue Department, Bombay.
Through the Commissioner in Sind, Karachi.
Subject.—Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary
Department, Sind, for the year 1929-30.
Sir,
I have the honour to submit, for the information of Government,
the Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, Sind, for the official year 1929-30.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
J. D. BUXY,
Offg. Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Sind and Rajputana.
41
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT,
SIND, FOR THE YEAR 1929-30
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
Mr. J. H. G. Jerrom, I.V.S., held charge of the office of
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Sind and Rajputana,
during the year under report. He inspected all the Veterinary
Dispensaries and also inspected the District Local Board stallions
and when possible, attended outbreaks of contagious diseases.
He attended and judged at the Nawabshah Horse and Pony Show
which was held twice during the year, in April 1929 and March
1930. He was on tour in Sind for 60 days and travelled 3,438
miles by rail and 409 miles by road as against 71 days and 2,359
miles by rail and 499 miles by road. In addition he remained seven
days on tour in Rajputana and travelled 1,065 miles by rail and
61 miles by road as against six days and 1,065 miles by rail and
33 miles by road last year.
I—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
2. There were five scholars studying at the Bombay Veterinary
College at the beginning of the year. One passed out and was
appointed to the Department, one more scholar was sent to the
College. There were thus five scholars studying at the College at
the end of the year.
II—TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
3. Table. I.—During the year under report, outbreaks of
contagious disease were reported from every district of the province.
The total mortality reported was 9,211 against 6,824 in the
previous year.
(i) Equine Contagious Disease.
4. Glanders.—Only one case of Glanders was reported and
destroyed under the Glanders and Farcy Act in the town of Karachi,
The disease was not reported last year.
5. Surra.—Five cases of Surra were reported and destroyed
under the Glanders and Farcy Act in the districts of Karachi,
Hyderabad (Sind), Thar Parkar and Upper Sind Frontier.
6. Other contagious diseases.—Strangles was reported from
Hyderabad (Sind), Nawabshah, Upper Sind Frontier and Larkana
districts. Eleven animals were attacked and recovered. One case
of Rabies was reported from Karachi district and the animal was
destroyed. Ten cases of Piroplasmosis in the Karachi district with
one death and one case of Filariasis in the Karachi district and one
case in Thar Parkar district were reported and both the animals
died. Eight cases of Influenza were reported from the Larkana
district and all recovered.
Q 21—6
42
(ii) Bovine Contagious Disease.
7. Rinderpest.—The disease was reported from all the districts
except Karachi and Thar Parkar. Two thousand five hundred and
eighty-eight animals died out of 4,855 attacked in 219 outbreaks as
against 371 outbreaks, 9,534 attacks and 4,621 deaths in the previous
year. The disease was greatly prevalent in the Larkana and
Sukkur districts.
8. Hæmorrhagic Septicaemia.—Fifty-four
outbreaks were
reported from all the districts. Five hundred and seventy-four
animals were attacked out of which 502 died as against 1,243
attacks and 1,147 deaths in 143 outbreaks in the previous year.
9. Foot-and-Mouth disease.—One hundred and eighty-six
outbreaks of the disease were reported from all the districts.
Six thousand six hundred and ninety-nine animals were attacked
and 267 died as against 4,424 attacks and 36 deaths in 76 outbreaks
in the previous year.
10. Black-Quarter.—Only one case was reported from the town
of Karachi and the animal died.
11. Anthrax.—The disease was reported from the Upper Sind
Frontier district. One animal was attacked and died.
12. Other contagious diseases.—Twenty-six cases of Contagious
Pleuro-Pneumonia were reported and all the animals died.
Parasitic Gastritis was responsible for 414 deaths out of 471 animals
attacked, while Piroplasmosis caused the death of one animal in the
town of Karachi.
(iii) Contagious diseases among other animals.
13. Foot-and-Mouth discase.—Twenty-six outbreaks of the
disease were reported from the Thar Parkar and Nawabshah
districts. Sixty animals died out of 793 animals attacked.
The mortality was among the suckling kids which are more
susceptible to the disease.
14. Contagious Pleuro-Pneumonia.—Eight outbreaks of the
disease were reported from Thar Parkar and Sukkur districts.
Eighty-five goats died out of 154 attacked.
15. Surra.—Only four camels were affected in the Thar Parkar
and Larkana districts, all of which died or were destroyed under the
Glanders and Farcy Act.
16. Anthrax.—Only one camel was affected in Thar Parkar
district and the animal died.
17. Rabies.—Fifty cases of the disease were reported (48 dogs,
1 cat and 1 deer) from Karachi, Hyderabad (Sind) and Sukkur
districts and all the animals died or were destroyed.
18. Other contagious diseases.—Mange caused the death of 174
goats out of 684 attacked. Twenty goats died of a disease locally
known as "Burki" in the Thar Parkar district. This disease could
not be investigated as it had died out before a Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon could reach the scene. Twenty-seven cases of Variola
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among sheep and goats and one of Filariasis were reported with no
deaths. Distemper caused the death of 15 dogs out of 129 attacks.
Six dogs died of Piroplasmosis cut of 30 attacked. Parasitic
Gastritis among goats and sheep prevailed in the districts of
Karachi, Hyderabad (Sind), Thar Parkar, Sukkur, Larkana and
Nawabshah districts and caused the death of 4,986 animals out of
5,459 attacked.
(iv) Preventive Inoculations.
19. Table II.—In 81 outbreaks of Rinderpest, 4,404 animals
were inoculated with Anti-Rinderpest serum as compared with
15,697 inoculations performed in the previous year. In the course
of these outbreaks, 995 uninoculated animals and 27 inoculated
animals died. The treatment of affected animals with intravenous
and subcutaneous injections of Iodine was carried out with satisfac-
tory results.
20. Seven hundred and thirty-nine animals were inoculated with
Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Protective Serum in 11 outbreaks as
compared with 2,492 inoculations performed in the previous year.
One hundred and fifty-one uninoculated animals died.
(v) Other diseases.
21. Table III.—The number of villages visited by Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons was 1,103 against 1,805 in the previous year.
During their tours, they treated 4,630 cases for contagious diseases,
463 cases for non-contagious diseases and performed 366 castrations
as compared with 3,901 cases for contagious, 645 cases for non-
contagious diseases and 731 castrations performed in the previous
year. Most of the castrations were performed with the Burdizzo
Castrator.
(vi) Investigation.
22. During the year under report, 121 specimens from suspicious
cases of Glanders, Surra, Anthrax, Piroplasmosis, Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia, Mange, Black-Quarter, Filoriasis, Liver Flukes, etc.,
were submitted by the subordinate staff to the Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, Sind and Rajputana, for examination
and confirmation. Of these 43 were confirmed. In addition,
16 brains from cases of Rabies were submitted to the Haffkine
Institute, Bombay, of which 15 were confirmed.
(vii) Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries.
23. Table IV.—There were 18 Veterinary Dispensaries working,
the same number as last year. The total number of patients
treated at the dispensaries was 25,531 against 28,521 in the previous
year. Medicines and advice were grven to the owners of 3,463
animals which were not brought to the dispensaries for treatment,
as against 3,618 in the previous year. The number of castrations
performed at dispensaries was 1,157 as compared with 846 in the
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previous year. The decrease in the number of patients treated is
partly due to heavy floods and partly to the fact that in previous
years the number of castrations were added in the number of in
and out-patients but from this year the castration cases have been
omitted from the figures of in and out-patients and shown
separately.
III—BREEDING OPERATIONS.
(i) Equines.
24. Tables VI and VII.—There were seven District Local Board
stallions at the beginning of the year. One was sold owing to old
age, leaving six stallions at the close of the year. The stallions
covered 254 mares during the year as compared with 364 mares
covered in the previous year. The cost of maintenance of the
stallions was Rs. 4,109 of which Government contributed Rs. 2,100.
The necessity of more stallions has been brought to the notice of
Government from time to time but it has not been found possible
to provide Government grants for purchase and maintenance of
more stallions. The present stallions are old and the number is
decreasing gradually year by year with the result that horse-breed-
ing in Sind is likely to die a natural death if Government is not
pleased to allot some funds for the purchase of a few more new
stallions in the near future.
(ii) Fairs and Shows.
25. Horse and Pony Shows—Table VIII.—The
Jacobabad
Horse and Pony Show was not held this year owing to floods.
26. The District Local Board, Nawabshah, arranged a pony show
at Nawabshah in April 1929 when 59 animals competed and prizes
amounting to Rs. 150 and a silver medal were awarded. Another
show was held in March 1930 when 57 animals competed and
Rs. 115 and a silver medal were awarded. The silver medal
awarded in April 1929 was given from the Provincial funds while
the total sum of Rs. 265 and a silver medal were given from
Local Funds.
IV—SUBORDINATE
ESTABLISHMENT.
27. There were 21 Veterinary Assistant Surgeons and two
Veterinary Inspectors as in the previous year. Of the 21 Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons, 18 were in charge of dispensaries and three on
reserve duty. It is becoming very difficult to carry on the work of
the department with the present staff and although proposals for
increasing the staff and also for opening more dispensaries were
submitted to Government, it has not been found possible to allot
funds for the purpose. It is, however, hoped that Government
will be pleased to see their way to allot funds in the near future.
28. The Veterinary Inspector, Upper Sind Circle, was on tour
for 129 days and travelled 2,617 miles by rail and 507 miles by
road. The Veterinary Inspector, Lower Sind Circle, was 135 days
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on tour and travelled 3,238 miles by rail and 537 miles by road.
The Veterinary Inspectors, in addition to the quarterly inspection
of dispensaries, did good work in the districts both in attending
outbreaks of disease and in checking the work of the Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons. The work of Veterinary Inspector Ansari,
Upper Sind Circle, in dealing with widespread outbreaks of
rinderpest in the Larkana district was commendable. Veterinary
Inspector Haji of the Lower Sind Circle did some excellent work
investigating a disease called "Phet". On the whole the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons worked well during the year under
report. The clerical staff carried out their duties satisfactorily and
the onus of the work had fallen heavily on Mr. Keshavdass the
Head Clerk and Mr. Mankodi the Second Clerk.
V—EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
29. The expenditure of the department was Rs. 1,26,070 as
against Rs. 1,41,133 in the previous year.
VI—GENERAL REMARKS.
30. The reporting of contagious disease still leaves great room
for improvement. Outbreaks are often reported very late with
the result that it becomes more difficult and expensive to control
the disease. Although individual cases of negligence on the part
of Tapedars are reported and dealt with, the Tapedars have not
yet realized the importance and responsibility of this part of their
duty.
31. Owing to financial stringency the work in connection with
touring by Veterinary Assistant Surgeons for the purpose of
castration and treatment of ordinary diseases had to be curtailed,
considerably. As there are very few Veterinary Dispensaries, the
touring in the interior villages by Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
gave an opportunity to the people to avail themselves of veterinary
help for their animals previously, but curtailment of such touring
has been a setback to this useful propaganda work.
32. Since the opening of the Port of Karachi in March 1928,
two horses were landed at Karachi during 1928-29 and twenty-four
horses in 1929-30.
33. At the request of the Agricultural Adviser to the Govern-
ment of India, the following programme of work for the next year
is included in the annual report.
The energies of the department will, as usual, be directed
towards the application of modern scientific methods of treatment
of disease, both curative and prophylactic.
J. D. BUXY,
Officiating Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department,
Sind and Rajputana.