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NOTE Z. 



NEFARIOUS ATTEMPT TO SPREAD THE PLAGUE. 

 Yesterday Mr. Gifford, Sanitary Inspector to the 

 parish of Paddington, asked (at Marylebone Police 

 Court) for the magistrate's advice under the following 

 circumstances : Applicant said that, in consequence 

 of information received, he yesterday went to a cow- 

 shed situate on the Maryland Farm, Harrow-road. 

 He found the door fastened. On looking through 

 one of the chinks, he saw a cow which apparently 

 was in the worst stage of the now prevailing disease, 

 and his opinion was verified after he had burst open 

 the door and examined the animal. He subsequently 

 ascertained that the diseased cow had been brought 

 some distance by a man who was at feud with the 

 owner of the Maryland Farm, and surreptitiously 

 placed amongst the healthy cattle. This was the first 

 case wbere the disease had shown itself in the parish of 

 Paddington. Mr. Yardley referred the applicant to 

 the Order in Council, dated the 24th of July, 1865, 

 under which he thought inspectors of nuisances had 

 power to act summarily. 



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