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must be realized and must be acted upon without further delay. 

 The new Sanitary Code puts the official approval of the Terri- 

 torial Board of Health on this Board's efforts at eradicating 

 bovine tuberculosis, and the vital statistics of the Registrar Gen- 

 eral prove beyond doubt an immense decrease in the mortality 

 among children from tuberculous infection, so, whether due to 

 the elimination of the tuberculous cow or to the eft'orts of the 

 Anti-Tuberculosis League, or to both, the time has come when 

 these factors must be applied to the fullest extent, and with 

 cooperation among the various sanitary authorities, it should not 

 be long before the last remnant of bovine tuberculosis has finally 

 been eradicated from the Territory. 



The hog cholera situation being dealt with at length in the 

 appended report by Dr. Case, it only remains to state that an 

 investigation of the new method of vaccinating poultry against 

 sore-head, roup or chicken pox is well under way and will be 

 dealt with in a special article which is now being prepared for 

 publication. It may be said, however, that results obtained so 

 far look very promising and warrant the hope that this disease, 

 which for years has acted as a check on the poultry industry of 

 the Territory, may soon be under complete control. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Victor A. Norgaard, 

 Territorial Veterinarian. 



REPORT OF ASSISTANT VETERINARIAN. 



Honolulu, November 10, 1915. 



Dr. Victor A. Norgaard, 



Chief of Division of Animal Industry. 



Sir : — I have the honor to submit the following report for the 

 month of October, 1915: 



Tuberculosis Control. 



The following dairy cattle have been tuberculin tested during 

 the past month : 



Name Total Passed Condemned 



S. Okuma 9 9 



William Meyer 20 20 



T. F. Farm 103 89 14 



W. P. Alexander 5 4 1 



G. Ikedo 9 9 



M. Nee 14 14 



A. F. Cooke 9 8-1 



I. M. Whitney " 13 13 



A. L. C. Atkinson 48 47 1 



