(4)

Anthrax.

Tables II and III.

16. The number of animals reported to have succumbed to this
disease was 394 as against 282 last year. One
thousand three hundred and twenty-five inocu-
lations were carried out during the year as
against 460 last year.

Other contagious
diseases.
Table II.

17. There were 532 deaths as reported under this head compared
with 151 in the previous year. They comprise
cow-pox, liver fluke, pleuro-pneumonia, etc.

                              (c) Other animals

Table II.

18. One thousand six hundred and fifty-eight cases of deaths
were reported amongst animals other than
equines and bovines. They include cases of
rabies, distemper, piroplasmosis, fowl cholera and other parasitic
diseases.

                              CHAPTER III

                       Non-contagious diseases

Table V.

19. The number of cases treated at the veterinary hospitals and
dispensaries was 327,878 during the year as
against 305,215 in the preceding year. Cases
supplied with medicines but not brought to hospitals numbered 56,101
compared with 42,582 in the previous year. The figures indicate
a fair increase of work done during the year under review.

Tables IV and V.

20. The number of animals treated by veterinary assistant sur-
geons while on tour thereby affording relief
to the interior of villages was 93,183 as against
53,881 in the preceding year. Castrations performed for elimination
of scrub animals rose from 35,288 in the last year to 55,285 in the year
under report. The increase of work in both these directions shows
great keenness on the part of the staff.

Cattle poisoning.

21. Twenty-one cases of cattle poisoning were reported from the
districts of Cawnpore, Jalaun, Unao and Sitapur
and the accused persons, as could be traced out,
were dealt with accordingly.

                                   CHAPTER IV

       VETERINARY HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

Veterinary hospital
and dispensaries,
Table V.

22. The year commenced with 169 veterinary hospitals and dis-
pensaries during the currency of the year, one
veterinary hospital at Jhinjhak in Cawnpore
District was closed but one at Ranikhet (district
Almora) and two in the Unao District were newly opened. The total,
therefore, came to 171 making an addition of two institutions at the
close of the year over the last year's number.