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Dr. Delepine took as the title of his paper, "The Share Taken by 

 Human and Bovine Tuberculous Products in the Infection of 

 Young Children," and his final statement demonstrates very em- 

 phatically the necessity for the systematic and proper inspection 

 of dairy cattle, for he states at the conclusion of his paper, "Tak- 

 ing all these things into consideration, I think it is possible to 

 say, without fear of exaggeration, that not less than 25 per cent, 

 of the tuberculous children under 5 years of age suffer from in- 

 fection of bovine origin, and that this estimate is much lower 

 than one based on probabilities would be." Earlier in his paper 

 we read the gratifying statement that "as a result of the work 

 done in [Manchester during the last fourteen years the amount 

 of tuberculous milk supplied to the town has been reduced to 

 about one-third of what it was originally, and its infectivity has 

 also been reduced to a very considerable degree." This state- 

 ment is a great tribute to the work done by Dr. J. Niven and his 

 veterinary officials, and the example of the Manchester Corpora- 

 tion in this direction might with advantage be followed by other 

 cities, if parliament is still going to delay some form of general 

 legislation on milk questions, and leave municipalities to use what 

 local powers they can obtain in various manners. The extensive 

 prevalence of tuberculosis in cattle and in that other animal, the 

 pig, which feeds so largely during a certain portion of its life upon 

 milk, is constantly brought into prominence by abattoir statistics, 

 and those of Glasgow carefully compiled in the veterinary report 

 of ]\Ir. Trotter show no exception to the rule. Mr. Trotter com- 

 mences his report by the statement that "The most frequent disease 

 affecting home animals is tuberculosis," and states that out of 

 71,745 British cattle slaughtered no less than 8932, or 12.44 per 

 cent., proved to be tuberculous. Of these, 1398, or 15.65 per 

 cent., of the carcases were so badly affected that they had to be 

 destroyed. Of the pigs, out of 44,643 animals slaughtered, 3740, 

 or 8.37 per cent., were tuberculous, 91, or 2.32 per cent, of the 

 carcases, having to be totally destroyed. He calls attention to 

 the crying necessity for enforced legislation in connection with 

 the inspection of dairy cows and the sale of milk, and states that 

 a comparison of the number of cows in Scotland with the number 

 of cows removed under the order shows that, whilst a few au- 

 thorities are doing their utmost to prevent the sale of milk drawn 

 from animals afifected with tuberculosis of the udder, there are a 

 great many other authorities who are doing absolutely nothing. 

 He points out how defective the "milk" clauses of the Burgh 

 Police Act are in that they "do not compel the dairyman to 

 notify all cases of udder disease, do not insist upon the examina- 

 tion of all cows being carried out by veterinary surgeons, and do 

 not empower the local authority to slaughter useless animals." 

 Of the prevalence of tuberculosis amongst milch cattle, further 

 evidence was shown by the fact that of ninety-eight cows tested 

 with tuberculin before being: admitted to the herds from which 



