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able that the belated quarantine measures proved so effective. 

 The continued drought with much sunshine and many warm days 

 has undoubtedly assisted materially in destroying such infection 

 as may have been carried away through carelessness or ignor- 

 ance, while the treatment itself, aimed as it is at the destruction 

 of the infection while still in the system of the affected animals, 

 may also be responsible for part of the success. The outbreak 

 may therefore be considered as having come to a close while its 

 origin remains a complete mystery which may never be cleared up. 

 The unusual virulent form of the outbreak will however necessi- 

 tate the continuation of the quarantine for four to six weeks after 

 the last death from cholera in either of the two places in question. 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL WORK. 



As stated in last month's report bovine tuberculosis is so nearly 

 eradicated that only very few herds now remain where the dis- 

 ease may be said still to be well established. One of these herds, 

 belonging to one of the largest dairy men on Oahu, is shortly to 

 be moved from its present location to a new modern dairy now 

 under construction and located in a neighborhood where a great 

 deal of milk is being produced and where all the dairy men have 

 endeavored to free their herds of diseased cattle and with uniform 

 success. Two of these dairy owners both of whom now possess 

 clean herds strenuously object to having a diseased herd moved 

 into their immediate neighborhood, and have strongly voiced their 

 protests to this office. As bovine tuberculosis is now recognized 

 and guarded against as a dangerous, infectious and contagious 

 disease, transmissible to human beings, through federal, territorial 

 and municipal statutes, laws, regulations and ordinances, it would 

 seem that the protests in question, though without precedent, are 

 well founded and demand the support of this Board. The statute 

 creating the Division of Animal Industry gives the Board full 

 power to quarantine any premises on which are kept live stock 

 affected with infectious or contagious diseases. Federal regula- 

 tions prohibit the shipment in interstate trade of animals so affect- 

 ed, while territorial laws and regulations prohibit their introduc- 

 tion into the Territory. Finally, a municipal ordinance forbids 

 the sale of milk from animals so affected. 



If therefore the owner in question should decide not to have 

 his herd tested and freed of tuberculous animals before moving it 

 the Board would of necessitv be constrained to declare his herd 

 and premises quarantined which measure would likewise prevent 

 the removal of any milk from the premises. I have however 

 recently called on the owner and urged him to comply with the 

 requirements of the local sanity rv authorities, and I have hopes 

 that he will see the necessity of doing so. There is every reason 

 to believe that the milk consuming public will not wittingly and 



