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DEPAETMKNTAL REPORTS. 



possessions — tlieir cliildren. It is a disease so terrible iu its mani- 

 festations, so frightful in the suffering which it causes, that no child 

 should be unnecessarily exposed to it, and no parent should be placed 

 in the position of seeing his child die in agonies that would haunt liis 

 memory for all time. 



In view of the practically continuous existence of the rabies conta- 

 gion in the District of Columbia for the past three years, I would 

 recommend either that Congress authorize the Secretarj^ of Agricul- 

 ture to pay out of tlie appropriation for the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 for the treatment of bitten children whose parents would be burdened 

 by such expense, or that the Surgeon-General of the Army or the 

 Marine Hospital Service be directed to establish an institution for 

 such treatment and to administer the same without charge. 



The following table shows in detail the number of animals proven 

 by inoculation experiments to have been rabid : 



AniTnals proven hy inoculation experiments to have been rabid, and persons bitten, 

 fiscal year July 1, 1899, to June 30, 1900. 



Date. 



Record 

 number 

 of dog. 



Animals other 

 than dogs. 



Persons bitten. 



August 30, 1899 



October a7, 1899 



October 30, 1899.... 

 Novembers, 1899.. 

 November 4, 1899.. 

 November 13, 1899. 

 November 15, 1899. 

 November 39, 1899. 

 December 4,1899... 

 December 9,1899... 



Do 



December 18, 1899. . 



Do 



December 19, 1899.. 

 December 30, 1899. . 

 December 21,1899.. 

 December 38, 1899.. 



January 6,1 9(X) 



January 1(1, 1900. .. 



January 10, 19U0 



January 2t3, 1900. ... 

 January 30, 1900. . . . 

 February .5, 1900. -. 

 February 6. 1900... 

 February 13, 1900... 

 February 13, 1900 . . . 

 February 17, 1900... 

 February 21, 1900... 



March 9. 1900 



March 15, 1900 



March 21. 1900 



March 29, 1900 



March 31, 1900 



April 5,1900. 



April 7,1900. 



April 12,1900 



April 17,1900 



April 17,1900 



April 23,1900 



April 28,1900. 

 May 10,1900.. 

 May 11,1900-. 

 May 15, 1900 . 

 May 33,1900.. 

 May 28, 1900.. 

 May 29, 1900.. 

 June 6, 1900... 

 June 13, 1900. - 

 June 12, 1900.. 

 June 28, 1900.- 



52 

 53 

 54 

 55 

 56 

 57 

 58 

 59 



61 

 63 

 64 

 66 



70 

 71 

 74 

 75 

 76 

 78 

 79 

 80 

 81 

 83 

 84 

 85 

 86 



90 

 91 

 92 

 93 

 94 



97 



98 



99 



100 



103 

 105 

 106 

 107 

 111 

 114 

 115 



118 

 119 

 130 



1 cow. 



1 cat. 



3 cows. 



1 cow. 



1 horse. 



3 children. 

 3 men. 



1 man. 



1 child. 

 1 child. 



Iboy. 



3 children. 



3 boys. 



1 girl. 



1 boy. 



2 children. 



Susan Findley and another 



child. 1 

 1 man and 1 child. 



1 man. 



1 child. 



1 These children were bitten by a District dog diagnosed by inoculation experiments in Balti- 

 more as rabid. 



