376 VETERINARY HYGIENE 



The notification of disease hereby prescribed shall be in addition to any 

 notification prescribed by any other Order relating to the disease. 



Communication of Information of Disease by one Local Authority to 

 another. Where a L.A. receives under this Order, or otherwise, information of 

 the existence, or suspected existence, of disease in relation to a carcase of any 

 of the above-mentioned animals that has died or been slaughtered in the 

 district of another L.A., the L.A. shall forthwith transmit the information to 

 the other L.A. 



Fee for Notification* A veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner who, 

 under and in accordance with this Order, gives notice of the existence, or 

 suspected existence, of disease to an I.L.A. shall be entitled to receive from 

 the L.A. a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each notification. 



Where two or more animals or carcases are examined by a veterinary 

 surgeon or veterinary practitioner on the same premises and at the same time 

 and are found to be diseased, one fee only shall be payable to him in respect 

 to the notification of the existence, or suspected existence, of disease in such 

 animals or carcases. 



DISEASES OF ANIMALS (DISINFECTION) ORDER, 1906. 



Disinfection prescribed in Specified Cases. The mode of disinfection to 

 be adopted in the case of any place or thing, or part of a place or thing, 

 required to be disinfected under provisions specified shall be as follows: 



The place or thing, or part thereof, required to be disinfected shall be 

 thoroughly coated or washed with : 



(a) a 1 per cent, (minimum) solution of chloride of lime containing not 



less than 30 per cent, of available chlorine ; or 



(&) a 5 per cent, (minimum) solution of carbolic acid (containing not less 

 than 95 per cent, of actual carbolic acid), followed by a thorough 

 sprinkling with limewash ; or 



(c) a disinfectant equal in disinfective efficiency to the above-mentioned 

 solution of carbolic acid, followed by a thorough sprinkling with 

 limewash. 



ANTHRAX ORDER OF 1910. 



For this Order " Animals " means all ruminating animals, horses, asses, 

 mules, swine and dogs. " Disease " means anthrax. 



Notice of Disease. A person having in his possession or under his charge 

 a diseased or suspected animal or carcase must immediately notify a P.C. of the 

 district. The P.C. is to notify the I.L.A., who has to report to his L.A. The 

 I.L.A. must notify the M.O.H. of the Sanitary District. 



Precautions by Occupier in case of Suspected Anthrax. The occupier must 

 notify the P.C. of the district and must prevent access of animals or fowls to the 

 suspected animal or carcase, or to any part of the premises which has been 

 exposed to infection. He must detain on the premises any diseased or suspected 

 animal, or any other head of cattle, sheep, goat or swine which has been in the 

 same shed, stable, building, yard or field with the diseased or suspected animal 

 or carcase, until it is certified that the animal or carcase was not affected with 

 anthrax, or until such time as any restriction imposed is withdrawn. The 

 occupier must also disinfect as soon as possible with chloride of lime any place 

 where the carcase of a diseased or suspected animal has lain or where its 

 blood has escaped. 



Veterinary Inquiry. A L.A. on receiving information of the suspected 

 existence of anthrax shall cause a V.S. (V.I.L.A.) to inquire into the correct- 

 ness of the information. The owner and occupier must grant facilities for such 

 inquiry. 



If a V.S. is satisfied from an examination of the animal or carcase, or 

 by a microscopical examination of its blood, or by other evidence, that anthrax 



* Authority for the payment of fees is provided for by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1909. 



