39

                                No. P.—358-W.

                                                    GENERAL DEPARTMENT.

                                            Office of the Commissioner in Bind,
                            Government House, Karachi, 25th June 1928.

MEMORANDUM.

The Commissioner in Sind has the honour to submit the
report of the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Sind
and Rajputana, on the working of the Veterinary Department
during the year 1922-23.

Charge.

2. The charge of the office of Superintendent was held by
Mr. J. H. G. Jerrom throughout the
year under report in addition to the
Veterinary charge of Baluchistan up to the 12th November 1922,
when it was placed in charge of a Deputy Superintendent.

Mortality statistics.

3. The total reported mortality among cattle from contagious
disease was 5,488 against 13,798. The
decrease is probably due to curtailment
of tours. Rinderpest attacks last year were 26,103 and 21,911 the
year before. The reduction to 6,945 attacks is therefore probably
due to inaccurate reporting. Constant touring is essential if head-
way is to be made against rinderpest as inoculations can only be
popularised by the villagers becoming familiarised with its
beneficial effects.

Inoculation.

4. Preventive inoculations against rinderpest were carried
out in the case of 51 outbreaks, the
number of animals inoculated being
8,029 against 15,514. The number of inoculations against
Hœmorrhagic Septicæmia was 737.

Dispensaries.

5. A new Veterinary dispensary was opened at Mehar at the
beginning of the year, bringing the
total number in the Province to 17.

Professional work.

6. The number of cases treated at the several dispensaries
rose from 19,489 to 22,346 and the
number of animals treated on tour
declined from 4,741 to 2,442. The decline is due to the temporary
discontinuance of the monthly tours of the Veterinary Assistants on
account of financial stringency.

Veterinary instruction.

7. There were seven stipendiary students studying at the
Bombay Veterinary College at the
close of the year.

Breeding Operations.

8, Horse breeding operations in Sind were taken over by the
Civil Veterinary Department from the
1st April 1922 in consequence of the
withdrawal of Imperial Stallions by the Army Demount Depart-
ment. There were nine District Local Boards stallions against 11 at
the beginning of the year. These covered 526 mares during the
course of the year, the aggregate cost of their maintenance being
Rs. 6,731 of which Government contributed Rs. 2,625. One