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Table C.
Year.
Plans received.
Houses drained.
Plans
Houses car-
cancelled. fried forward.
Certificates granted.
1889,
799
573
226
173
1890,
500
529
190
409
1891,
681
643
30
198
475
1892,
693
577
106
208
228
1893,
847
699
104
252
219
1894,
878
555
8
267
46
1895,
2,815
1,889
44
1,449
131
1896,
1,786
2,128
84
1,023
425
1897,
803
1,201
35
590
400
1898,
738
768
97
463
367
1899,
416
395
20
464
310
1900,
643
323
43
741
320
1901,
1,051
715
56
1,021
796
1902,
432
726
14
713
898
1903,
263
415
350
211
407
1904,
296
197
29
281
137
Total,
13,641
12,833
1,027
5,743
I have, &c.,
H. T. JACKMAN,
Sanitary Surveyor.
Report of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon for the year 1904.
SANITARY BOARD OFFICE, HONGKONG, 10th February, 1905.
SIR, I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Board, the following report for 1904 :-
IMPORTATION AND INSPECTION OF ANIMALS.
A steady supply of good useful cattle came from the mainland throughout the year.
The best of the animals were exported to Manila, where better prices were obtainable. Towards the end of the year several lots of stall-fed bullocks from the neighbourhood of Canton were brought into the market. This marks a new step in the industry and one that appears to be capable of further development with advantage to Hongkong.
The following were the most noteworthy diseases met with during the year in the Animals Depôts and Slaughter-houses.
Anthrax.-Five cases occurred, one case each in February, May, July, Sep- tember, and October. Chinese bullocks were affected in all but one instance, namely, in September when a buffalo was found dead from the disease. The history of almost each case was practically the same. They had come from the mainland and had arrived infected with the disease.
Actinomycosis. Only one case of this disease was found. The animal affected was a Chinese buffalo. The lesions were entirely confined to the tongue and were small in extent.
Trypanosomiasis. Two cases were found during the year and are very in- teresting as being the first of the kind discovered in Hongkong. The first case occurred in May when a Chinese buffalo was found dead in the Kennedy Town Cattle Depôt and an examination of the blood of the cadaver showed the presence of large numbers of the organisms. No reliable history could be got as to the movements of this animal prior to its admission to the Cattle Depôt. The second case was found in a dog belonging to Mr. WATSON, Senior Inspector in charge of the Animals Depôts and Slaughter-houses. The organisms were discovered in the blood in this case during life and some positive inoculations of the disease to guinea pigs were made. The dog died.