Department of Epizootic Diseases of Animals in Calcutta.

Control.—This Department was, as usual, under my direct control
and supervision.

2.     Staff.—Babu J. N. Mittra acted Chief Inspector throughout the
year, except for the period from 5th September to 4th December 1932,
when Babu S. C. Sircar officiated as Chief Inspector. Of the remaining
8 Inspectors, 6 were in charge of Glanders Districts in Calcutta and
suburbs, one was attached to Headquarters and one to the Police
Court, to give expert professional opinion on cases tried under the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1920.

3.     Jurisdiction.—Like previous years, it remained unchanged and
extended from Ichapur to Matiaburuz together with South Suburban
and Tollygunj Municipalities and the municipal jurisdiction of Howrah
and Barrackpur.

4.     Working of the Department.—The staff, as a general routine
periodically inspected all stables, etc., within their respective juris-
dictions for detection of equine diseases scheduled under the Glanders
and Farcy Act. They also attended outbreaks of contagious disease
amongst cattle and performed preventive inoculation, when required.
They inspected licensed cattle byres, gowkhanas of the Calcutta Cor-
poration as well as the cattle markets at Kidderpore, Goabagan and
Chitpur, to enquire into the prevalence of contagious disease and to
instruct people in the scientific care and management of their live-
stock. As usual, they also inspected the disembarkation of horses
arriving in Calcutta on vessels which arrived prior to opening of the
Remount Depot. This Department was also responsible for the sale
of sera and other biological products of Muktesar to local bodies and
private parties in the Glanders area, and to advise the suburban munici-
palities on the preventive inoculation of their animals during out-
breaks of cattle disease.

5.     Scheduled Equine Diseases.—During the year under report,
90 horses were seized under the Glanders and Farcy Act in Calcutta
and suburbs, of which 32 proved to be diseased and were destroyed.
Rupees 207-8 were paid as compensation to the owners. Rupees 78-14
were realised from them as hospital fees and towards the cost of disposal
of the carcasses and disinfection of stables, etc.

6.    Bovine Contagious Diseases.—Fifty-three outbreaks of cattle
disease—Rinderpest—were reported to this office. All of them were
attended to by this staff; 816 animals were inoculated in 19 outbreaks
with Anti-Rinderpest Serum by the Glanders Inspectors direct and
under their supervision. Rupees 2,855-13 were realised from sale pro-
ceeds of sera plus inoculation charges.

7.     Two animals (a cow and a calf) belonging to Alipore Central
Jail were tested with Avian Tuberculin; both of them proved to be