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and some adjoining villages rather badly. It lingered in these
places for about six months before it could be controlled with
the help of an extra staff. The disease did not assume its usual
virulence in Cattack, Puri and Angul, i.e.. the districts in which
it had taken its permanent seat in the past. And, speaking
generally of Orissa, there has been a reduction of over twenty-
four thousand cases compared with the previous year. The highest
mortality (114 deaths) was, however, recorded in Puri although
the number of attacks in that district was comparatively small.
The reduction noticed in the Orissa range was partially counter-
balanced by an increase of six thousand cases in the central
range and also by a slight increase in the number in North Bihar.
Altogether 41,675 animals were affected in 1,683 outbreaks, and
out of these, 311 died during the year, compared with 59,780
attacks in 2,008 outbreaks and 22S deaths in the year 1928-29.

42.   Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—It is satisfactory to note that
unlike the previous years the virulence of this disease was
markedly less during the year under report. High mortalities
were, however, recorded in Saran, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and
Champaran with 557, 527, 486 and 462 deaths recorded in them
respectively. The outbreak in Saran district though not severe
or widespread, necessitated the deputation of an extra staff as the
district board would not employ the full complement of veterinary
assistant surgeons in any of the subdivisions, especially in the
sadr which has an area of more than 1,000 square miles with 12
police-stations. The other districts that need mention, are Patna,
Gaya, Shahabadand Santal Pargaoasin the Central, and Cuttack
and Balasore in the Orissa Range. Even in these districts though
the death rates were high in some cases, no widespread outbreak
was reported. As in the previous year, the disease was not
reported in Angul.

1,701 outbreaks of haemorrhagic septicaemia were reported
in the province, and in them, out of 9,263 animals attacked, 7,077
died, against 2,470 outbreaks, 12,839 attacks and 9,597 deaths
recorded in the year 1928-29. The staff could give aid in 1,612
outbreaks.

43.  Black quarter.—Like haemorrhagic septicaemia, there
was a fall in the statistics of black quarter also, as during the year
only 566 deaths were recorded out of 66'.) animals attacked in
146 outbreaks, compared with 731 deaths, 865 attacks and 191
outbreaks in 1928-29. It was reported in 11 districts, viz., Saran,
Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Monghyr, Patna, Gaya,
Shahabad, Bhagalpur, Santal Parganas and Cuttack, against 8 in