346 PRUSSIAN REGULATIONS FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



village in which the infected premises are situated. The residents 

 of the place may have intercourse with one another, but can not leave 

 it except with special permission, and this is only to be granted to 

 those who have no connection with cattle. 



" All animals, with the exception of horses, mules, and asses, 

 must be confined to their stables ; if found running about free, they 

 are to be at once killed. Only the above animals can be used for 

 draught or traveling purposes. The removal of all objects, such as 

 hay, straw, manure, or other vehicles of infection, is forbidden. 



"When the disease spreads over the greater part of any locality, 

 an absolute isolation of the place is to be ordered. It is to be 

 surrounded by guards (in this case military), and all forms of in- 

 tercourse strictly forbidden among the inhabitants, except that of 

 necessary persons about their occupations, such as doctors, etc. 

 Schools and public meetings must be forbidden, the beer-houses and 

 hotels closed. The streets leading through such a place are to be 

 guarded. If the place is located upon a railroad, no trains can be 

 stopped there, even though the place be a regular station, unless the 

 latter is so situated outside the place that no communication with it 

 is possible. 



" All sick or suspected animals are to be at once killed. Cattle 

 are always to be considered as ' suspected ' as soon as they have stood 

 in the same stable with diseased ones, or have had the same servants, 

 drinking-utensils, etc., which have been used about the sick ones. 



" The central powers can order the killing of healthy animals 

 when warranted by the circumstances. In large cities, and in 

 slaughter-houses which are under the control of the veterinary po- 

 lice, the sale of the skins and flesh of cattle which have been found 

 healthy in both a living and slaughtered condition may be allowed. 

 The slaughtering must take place under the supervision of the vet- 

 erinary police, and only in sj)ecial places. The flesh and inner or- 

 gans can only be removed after they have entirely cooled off, and 

 the skins when they are completely dried, or have lain in lime- 

 water (1 to 60) for three days previously. 



" The animals which have been killed by the authorities are to 

 be buried in places distant from the public ways, and where no 

 cattle can gain access. Such places are to be fenced in, and to be 

 planted with a vegetation which grows rapidly and sends down deep 

 roots into the earth. The excavation must be so deep that at least 

 six feet of earth lies upon the cadavers. The persons employed in 

 this service must be residents of the place, and such as do not own 

 cattle themselves, or come in contact with them. When the work 



