344 PRUSSIAN REGULATIONS FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



" When the pest breaks out in a foreign country, but in the vi- 

 cinity of the frontiers : 



" If the outbreak takes place in a region within forty to eighty 

 kilometres of the frontier, the importation of animals and animal 

 products, as above, is to be strictly forbidden along the frontier for 

 a distance corresponding to the threatened danger. 



" Persons whose occupation brings them in relation with cattle, 

 can only pass the frontier at certain places, and must there and then 

 be subjected to disinfection. 



" ~No exception to the above regulations can be made without the 

 consent of the Government. 



" When the pest approaches the immediate neighborhood of the 

 frontiers, all transport is absolutely forbidden across the borders, 

 and a military cordon may be formed for the requisite limit. 



" The passage of passenger trains and posts can only take place 

 subject to appropriate regulations. 



" If the quarantine is broken, then all quarantined animals are 

 to be immediately killed and buried, as well as articles which may 

 serve to spread the disease. 



" Such objects, as well as men, must be at once transferred back 

 over the boundaries, if the quarantine has been broken, unless the 

 authorities feel confident of the thorough disinfection of the same. 



" The following regulations are to be enforced in all places along 

 the threatened frontiers which lie within fifteen kilometres of the 

 limits : 



" A cattle-inspector is to be appointed in each village, who must 

 make an exact register of all cattle present, and of every change in 

 number or locality which takes place. 



" These registers are to be revised weekly by the village authori- 

 ties. 



" The authorities are to be at once notified of any case of disease 

 among the cattle of a village." 



Regulations with reference to Rinderpest in Germany. 



" As soon as a suspicion of the presence of rinderpest, or the 

 death of an animal from it, takes place within the empire, or when 

 two cases of death occur with suspicious symptoms within eight 

 days, in any place, the regulations for its suppression come into 

 force. 



" Under such circumstances the owner of cattle can neither 

 slaughter nor kill the sick animals, or bury or remove any that may 

 have died, before the nature of the disease has been determined. 



