DISPOSAL OF CARCASES 471 



in this country and elsewhere have not been of such a 

 nature as would warrant the Boafd in recommending 

 it to stock-owners as a means of dealing with outbreaks 

 of anthrax. 



DISPOSAL OF CARCASES. 



ii. Carcases of animals that have died or been 

 slaughtered, affected with or suspected of anthrax, 

 should be dealt with by the Local Authority in accord- 

 ance with the following provisions : 



Either the Local Authority should cause the carcase 

 to be buried as soon as possible in its skin in 

 some convenient or suitable place removed from 

 any dwelling-house, and at such a distance from 

 any well or water-course as will preclude any risk 

 of the contamination of the water therein, and at 

 a depth of not less than six feet below the surface 

 of the earth, having a layer of lime not less than 

 one foot deep beneath, and a similar layer of 

 lime above the carcase. 



Or the Local Authority may, if authorised by 

 licence of the Board, cause the carcase to be 

 destroyed, under the inspection of the Local 

 Authority, in the mode following : The carcase 

 should be disinfected, and should then be taken, 

 in charge of an officer of the Local Authority, 

 to a horse-slaughterer's or knacker's yard 

 approved for the purpose by the Board, or other 

 place so approved, and should be there destroyed 

 by exposure to a high temperature, or by chemical 



agents. 



Before a carcase is removed for burial or destruc- 

 tion as above suggested, it should be covered 

 with quicklime. In no case should the skin of 



