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Annexe C.
REPORT BY MR. ADAM GIBSON, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
The total number of cattle admitted to the Government Depôts for the year was 36,381 (42,502 in 1917; 49,394 in 1916). In Kennedy Town 30,476 cattle were admitted (38,362 in 1917; 44,631 in 1916). There were 22 cattle rejected alive as unfit for food (12 in 1917; 17 in 1916). In Ma Tau Kok 5,905 cattle were admitted (4,140 in 1917; 4,763 in 1916). Ten were rejected alive as unfit for food (7 in 1917; 18 in 1916).
The total number of pigs admitted to Kennedy Town was 245,926 (218,695 in 1917; 255,115 in 1916).
The total number of sheep admitted to Kennedy Town was 24,969 (30,124 in 1917; 30,986 in 1916).
DISEASE IN DEPÔTS.
Rinderpest.
Twenty-six cases occurred in the Kennedy Town Depôt chiefly in the earlier part of the year.
Anthrax.
Seven cases of anthrax were found during the year (7 in 1917; 2 in 1916).
Tuberculosis.
As in former years no cases occurred in native cattle but nine cases were found in dairy cows sent in for slaughter (3 in 1917).
KENNEDY TOWN CREMATORIUM.
The carcases destroyed in the Crematorium for the year were:-
1917 1918 Cattle.... 222 288 Sheep and Goats 83 75 Swine 42 59 Horses 25 216 Dogs and miscellaneous animals 218 161 Condemned meat from Slaughter House... 13,692 lb. 15,255 lb.Besides the above, 19 cart-loads of old paper, books, and miscellaneous goods from Government offices and private firms were destroyed (22 cart-loads in 1917), and 160 cases from the British American Tobacco Co., and the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., (205 in 1917).
M 25
Annexe C.
REPORT BY MR. ADAM GIBSON, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
The total number of cattle admitted to the Government Depôts for the year was 36,381 (42,502 in 1917; 49,394 in 1916). ́ In Kennedy Town 30,476 cattle were admitted (38,362 in 1917; 44,631 in 1916). There were 22 cattle rejected alive as unfit for food (12 in 1917; 17 in 1916). In Ma Tau Kok 5,905 cattle were admitted (4,140 in 1917; 4,763 in 1916). Ten were rejected alive as unfit for food (7 in 1917; 18 in 1916).
The total number of pigs admitted to Kennedy Town was 245,926 (218,695 in 1917; 255,115 in 1916).
The total number of sheep admitted to Kennedy Town was 24,969 (30,124 in 1917; 30,986 in 1916).
DISEASE IN DEPÔTS.
Rinderpest.
Twenty-six cases occurred in the Kennedy Town Depôt chiefly in the earlier part of the
year.
Anthrax.
Seven cases of anthrax were found during the year (7 in 1917; 2 in 1916).
Tuberculosis.
As in former years no cases occurred in native cattle but nine cases were found in dairy cows sent in for slaughter (3 in 1917).
KENNEDY TOWN CREMATORIUM,
The carcases destroyed in the Crematorium for the year
were:-
Cattle....
Sheep and Goats
Swine
Horses
Dogs and miscellaneous animals
1917.
1918.
222
83
42
25
218
288
75
59
216
161
Condemned meat from Slaughter House... 13,692 Mb. 15,255 fb.
Besides the above, 19 cart-loads of old paper, books, and mis- cellaneous goods from Government offices and private firms were destroyed (22 cart-loads in 1917), and 160 cases from the British American Tobacco Co., and the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., (205 in 1917.).
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