﻿408 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  of 
  quarantine 
  was 
  sixty 
  days 
  in 
  each 
  case. 
  

  

  I 
  will 
  not 
  enumerate 
  all 
  the 
  cases 
  which 
  came 
  to 
  our 
  attention 
  

   for 
  it 
  would 
  fill 
  a 
  large 
  sized 
  book 
  were 
  I 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  But 
  I 
  will 
  say 
  

   that 
  cases 
  of 
  rabid 
  dogs 
  in 
  sixteen 
  towns 
  in 
  Erie 
  county 
  and 
  many 
  

   in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  were 
  investigated. 
  The 
  people 
  on 
  the 
  routes 
  

   traveled 
  by 
  suspected 
  animals 
  were 
  urged 
  to 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  their 
  own, 
  

   and 
  where 
  dogs 
  were 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  bitten 
  their 
  owners 
  were 
  

   requested 
  to 
  kill 
  them. 
  This 
  request 
  was 
  willingly 
  complied 
  with 
  

   in 
  most 
  cases. 
  I 
  will 
  cite 
  two 
  more 
  cases 
  to 
  show 
  how 
  important 
  

   it 
  is 
  to 
  take 
  vigorous 
  and 
  immediate 
  action 
  in 
  cases 
  of 
  rabid 
  dogs. 
  

  

  At 
  about 
  7 
  o'clock 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  September 
  2d, 
  a 
  dog 
  left 
  

   his 
  home 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Clarence, 
  and 
  between 
  that 
  time 
  and 
  noon 
  

   traveled 
  nearly 
  twenty 
  miles 
  and 
  bit 
  over 
  twenty 
  dogs 
  on 
  the 
  way. 
  

  

  On 
  September 
  1st, 
  a 
  dog 
  belonging 
  to 
  S. 
  J. 
  Merritt, 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  ISTewstead, 
  left 
  home 
  about 
  10 
  a. 
  m., 
  went 
  south 
  through 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Alden, 
  then 
  into 
  Lancaster 
  where 
  he 
  was 
  shot 
  about 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  forenoon, 
  having 
  traveled 
  nearly 
  fifteen 
  miles 
  

   and 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  bitten 
  five 
  dogs 
  en 
  route. 
  

  

  Synopsis 
  of 
  Besult 
  of 
  Rabies 
  in 
  this 
  Section. 
  

  

  Two 
  lives 
  lost 
  as 
  previously 
  mentioned 
  in 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  Seventeen 
  persons 
  sent 
  to 
  Pasteur 
  Institute, 
  l^ew 
  York, 
  at 
  ex- 
  

   pense 
  of 
  Erie 
  county, 
  and 
  several 
  at 
  their 
  own 
  expense. 
  

  

  Loss 
  of 
  six 
  head 
  of 
  cattle 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  Lancaster. 
  

  

  Loss 
  of 
  three 
  head 
  of 
  cattle 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  Marilla. 
  

  

  Loss 
  of 
  one 
  cow 
  and 
  one 
  horse 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  Cheektowaga. 
  

  

  Loss 
  of 
  one 
  cow 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  Concord. 
  

  

  Loss 
  of 
  two 
  cows 
  in 
  city 
  of 
  Buffalo. 
  

  

  Loss 
  of 
  one 
  horse 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  jilden. 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  was 
  the 
  loss 
  in 
  Erie 
  county. 
  In 
  ISTiagara 
  county 
  

   the 
  loss 
  was 
  eight 
  head 
  of 
  cattle, 
  one 
  horse 
  and 
  several 
  hogs. 
  

  

  "We 
  have 
  tried 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  to 
  work 
  with 
  the 
  local 
  boards 
  of 
  

   health 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  towns 
  and 
  cities, 
  and 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  places 
  

   they 
  have 
  taken 
  vigorous 
  action. 
  In 
  some 
  villages 
  they 
  have 
  hired 
  

  

  