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by the disease. There was a cowkeeper at Peckham 

 who had 200 cows, and all of them were in the most 

 healthy state. At Brixton Hill a man had 30 cows 

 in the same excellent condition. At Dulwich nearly 

 all the cows were diseased, but there the shed and 

 other accommodation was exceedingly bad. In parts 

 of Peckham Rye some of the cowkeepers had lost 

 their cattle, but there again the places were badly 

 ventilated, and the cows were badly cared for. He 

 believed that the disease might be prevented by the 

 use of proper precautions on the part of those who 

 had the greatest interest in keeping their cows in a 

 healthy state. He believed, too, that this question 

 affected the whole of the metropolitan district quite as 

 much as it did the City itself. There were no fewer 

 than 106 head of diseased cattle lately seized; but, 

 as he said before, they could not be killed without an 

 order from a magistrate, and a magistrate would 

 naturally feel a difficulty in issuing an order to kill so 

 many as 106 head. It was necessary, under such 

 circumstances, that a deputation should wait upon 

 the Home Secretary and ask him to provide a remedy, 

 and tell the authorities what they were to do at such 

 a crisis. If, as it now appeared, the inspectors and 

 the markets' committee had been slaughtering beasts 

 without authority, who was to pay the costs should 

 proceedings against them be commenced ? Professor 

 Simonds seemed to think that next session a bill of 

 indemnity would be introduced, and certainly some- 

 thing of this kind was rendered necessary, for cattle 

 were now coming here which were consigned to 

 A., B., and C., and then the owners could not be 



