(3)

to over 3,000 in each. The lowest number of deaths occurred in the
Naini Tal District, where it was only 56. The outbreaks in the Benares
District were most serious and extra staff had to be deputed to meet the
situation. Inoculations and other preventive measures were adopted
as was possible and villagers were explained about taking simple,
measures with a view to avert the spread of contagious diseases of
animals but an organized propaganda work on proper lines has to be
suspended until financial conditions are favourable.

Anti-rinderpest
inoculations,
Table III.

11. Inoculations were performed in 1,649 outbreaks and the num-
ber increased from 173,678 in the previous year
to 177,594 in the year under report. Besides
this number, 531 serum simultaneous inoculations
were performed among the cattle belonging to the R. E. I. Dairy,
Agra, the Raja of Awagarh, the Allahabad Agricultural Institute and
the Abbott Farm at Jhansi. A peculiar feature of inoculations under
this method was that class II anti-rinderpest serum was used instead
of class I for cross-bred imported animals with no adverse effect,
a fact which would seem to indicate that the dose of serum class I
may be reduced in the case of such animals with a view to economy
in the cost of immunisation. How far it can be reduced remains to
be ascertained by careful experimentation in future operations. Out
of 511 animals inoculated with bull virus, complicating infection with
piroplasma bigenninum was observed in 38 animals (7.4 per cent.),
which were successfully treated with trypanblue. There was no
complication in the cattle inoculated with goat virus.

Iodine solution in-
jections.

12. The treatment of rinderpest cases with iodine injections was
continued to be experimented upon with about
80 per cent. success in the early stage of the
disease. Successful treatment in an improved
form in the last stage of the disease is yet to be undertaken.

Foot and mouth
disease.
Table II.

13. The disease made its appearance in 42 districts in the Province
and the reported deaths numbered 1,587 as
compared with 1,181 in the year preceding.
So far as possible curative methods and hygienic
measures were adopted with satisfactory results.

Haemorrhagic septi-
caemia.
Table II.

14. The number of deaths from this disease was 6,680 as against
5,513 in last year. It spread over the whole
of the Province with the exception of Dehra
Dun, Almora and Naini Tal Districts. It was
most severe in the district of Muttra where total deaths were 868.
Forty thousand one hundred and seventy-seven inoculations were
performed by serum-alone method as compared with 37,647 last year.
Besides this number 625 animals were immunized by haemorrhagic
septicaemia vaccine at the Government Cattle Farms in Muttra, Jhansi
and Kheri Districts.

Blackquatter,
Tables II and III.

15. Five hundred and sixty-one cases of deaths were reported
to have occurred during the year as against
722 cases in the previous year. The number of
inoculations performed against this disease was.
3,929 compared with 3,753 in the preceding year.