368 THE MEANS OF PREVENTION. 



16, 1880, will give an idea of what the authorities in New Jersey are 

 endeavoring to do, and have done. 



Report by the Surgeon-in-Chief to 'General Sterling, the Gov- 

 ernor's Agent for the Prevention of the Spread of Pleuro- 

 pneumonia in the State of New Jersey. 



249 Washington Street, Jersey City, N. J., ) 

 December 15, 1879. \ 



Sir : In compliance with your instructions, I have the honor to 

 submit my report of the details and operations under my charge as 

 Yeterinary Surgeon-in-Chief of the Bureau. 



I found it necessary to organize a staff of six qualified veterina- 

 rians to assist in carrying out the provisions of the law entitled 

 " An Act to prevent the spread of Epizootic, Contagious Pleuro- 

 pneumonia among Cattle in New Jersey." (See Chapter 89 of the 

 Laws of the State of New Jersey, approved March 13, 1879.) 

 Much work having been done in Bergen County, and no disease 

 having been found, and reports having come to the office that the 

 disease was present in Hudson County, the inspectors were assigned 

 to work there. 



Every herd has been carefully examined, and when the disease 

 has been found, the animals have either been destroyed or the sta- 

 bles quarantined and the stock carefully watched. The dairymen 

 had been in the habit of pasturing their stock indiscriminately on 

 the public commons, this being a source of spreading the disease. 



It became necessary to take some steps to control it. "With that 

 object in view, the Police Commissioners of Jersey City were con- 

 sulted, and they caused an order to be issued prohibiting the driv- 

 ing of all cattle through the streets, unless accompanied by a permit 

 issued from this office. On July 7th it became necessary to quar- 

 antine Essex County to facilitate inspections, which, when com- 

 pleted, showed, as a result, that the stock was, with a few excep- 

 tions, healthy. The other counties have only been inspected in 

 localities where the disease was reported to exist, and the herds in 

 the immediate neighborhood have been examined to ascertain the 

 extent of the spread of the malady. Having been made aware of 

 the existence of the disease in Pennsylvania, and arrangements hav- 

 ing been perfected, four veterinarians were dispatched to the west- 

 ern frontier of the State, one to be stationed at Bull's Island and 

 one at Trenton, these to examine all cattle arriving between Cam- 

 den and Phillipsburg, and two at Camden, to examine all stock ar- 

 riving between that point and Salem, with instructions to return all 



