306 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Hospital Service; and Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles (Hecretary), chief 

 of the Division of Zoolog}', Hygienic Laboratory, United States 

 Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service. This commission 

 reported that : 



In general the regulation in question fully safeguards the public health in so 

 far as the points contained in regulation 15 are concerned. If there be any gen- 

 eral error in the regulation, this is in favor of the public ratliei' than in favor 

 of the butchers and packers. Most of the paragraphs of regulation 15 are 

 indorsed without comment. Several sections (for instance, the sections on hog 

 cholera, swine plague, actinomycosis, tuberculosis, and tapeworm cysts) could 

 be made less sti'ingent without any danger to the health of the consumer. 



The changes made in the regulations with regard to the disposal 

 of animals and carcasses affected with disease and other conditions, 

 since the passage of the law of 1006, are summarized as follows: 



(1) No change has been made in the methods of disposing of car- 

 casses affected with anthrax, blackleg, emaciation and anemia, erythe- 

 mia, hemorrhagic septicemia, icterus, mange, melanosis, parasitic 

 ictero-hematuria, pseudo-leukemia, pyemia, rabies, ringworm, sep- 

 ticemia, Texas fever, traumatic pericarditis, and urticaria. 



(2) The present regulations, including all amendments and instruc- 

 tions, are more rigid with regard to these diseases and conditions: 

 Actinomycosis (lumiw jftw), enteritis, hog cholera and swine plague, 

 malignant epizootic catarrh, mammitis, measles cysts (exclusive of 

 beef measles), meningitis, metritis, peritonitis, phlebitis, pleurisy, 

 pneumonia, polyarthritis, uremia and sexual odor, dead and dying 

 animals, and organs or parts of carcasses which are badly bruised or 

 which are affected by tumors, abscesses, suppurating sores, or liver 

 flukes. Furthermore, in the 1906 regulations sections were added 

 providing for the condemnation of animals affected with lockjaw or 

 tetanus and those carelessly scalded. In 1908 additional regulatioi.s 

 were made to cover the disposition of carcasses affected with vaccinia, 

 milk fever, railroad sickness, gid parasites in sheep, hydatid cysts, 

 and intestines showing nodular formations, and i:)roviding further 

 for the segi'egation of diseased carcasses. Since 1908 amendments 

 have been issued regarding necrobacillosis and sheep measles, in ac- 

 cordance with new discoveries in animal pathology. 



(3) The only diseases and conditions regarding which the regula- 

 tions (including all amendments and instructions) have been made 

 less stringent are tuberculosis, beef measles, pregnancy and pariuri- 

 tion, and the minimum age limit for young animals. The modifica- 

 tions regarding tuberculosis were made in pursuance of the recom- 

 mendations of the expert commission above mentioned, and the 

 changes affecting all of the last-named group were made in accord- 

 ance with the latest scientific knowledge and with the prevailing 

 opinions of the leading authorities on the subjects. 



The regulations have therefore been made more stringent in many 

 particulars, while in only four out of a long list of diseases and condi- 

 tions have there been modifications which might be regarded as less 

 rigorous, and in these four items the regulations are still on the safe 

 side for the protection of the consumer and are abundantly justified 

 by the best authorities. On the whole the standards of inspection 

 have been steadily raised in recent years. 



In practice and technique the inspection has likewise been im- 

 proved. This is especially true of the lymph-gland insiDection, which 



