REPORT. ~ : vii 
-__._ &. Previously to 1885 pleuro-pneumonia had beer: steadily decreasing, but in that 
year and in 1886 and 1887 a considerable increase has taken place. The disease has 
: Sea particularly prevalent in some'parts of Scotland during this period, where the 
number of outbreaks increased from 55 in 1884, with 321 cattle attacked, to 324 in 
1887 with 1,380 attacked, whilst up to June 1888 there have been 123 outbreaks and 
| 498 cattle attacked! 9: co aliooc ie 
'  ——-—s«&9, The statistics for England for the’ same period, show in 1884, 257 outbreaks with 
_-—s«-"775. attacked, in 1887, 293 outbreaks and 1,047 attacked, whilst up to June 1888 
there have been 113 outbreaks with 452 animals attacked. 
10, The statistics for Ireland show that in 1884 there were 460 outbreaks with 
1,194 animals attacked, in 1887, 240 outbreaks with 819 animals attacked, whilst up 
to June 1888 there have been 115 outbreaks with 395 animals attacked. 
11. The following table shows the progress of pleuro-pneumonia in the United 
a Kingdom during the past 10 years :— 
: Great Brirain. 
Cattle. 
a Number of 
4 Years. Outbreaks. 
a 5. day Attacked. Slaughtered. Died. Recovered. 
3 1878 - 3 ‘ 1,721 4,593 4,488 114 
4 1879 - . ‘ 1,549 4,414 4,296 119 
7 1880 - é 1,052 2,765 2,681 88 
1881 - 2 : 729 1,875 1,797 78 
1882 - F 494 1,200 1,161 39 
1883. - - 349 931 897 35 
’ 1884. - - . 312 1,096 1,074 20 
1885 - a “ 404 1,511 1,469 42 
: 1886 - : : 553 2,471 2,409 63 
1887. - : : 618 2,437 2,384 52 
IRELAND. ‘ 
: 1878 - : 4 1,365 2,755 2,612 148 
Z 1879 - . . 946 2,031 1,945 86 
1880 - - “ 759 1,541 1,500 41 
1881 - - - 703 1,860 1,821 37 1 
1882 - : : 534 1,355 1,328 28 
1883 - “ a 488 1,291 1,264 25 2 
U$84: Sd Gk 460 1,194 1,183 ll 
1885. - - - 389 1,246 1,229 17 
em 4886. - - - 343 1,050 1,041 9 
2 $687 - : 240 819 805 14 
12. The spreading of disease indicated by these figures can be clearly traced to 
a the movement of infected cattle through fairs, markets, and auction marts, more 
especially in Scotland, and their unguarded and reckless admission into the cowsheds 
of towns. It has been shown that in the year 1887 89 per cent. of the fresh outbreaks 
have occurred on premises to which newly-purchased cattle had been introduced 
within the previous three or four months. That these newly-purchased cattle were 
_ infected and were the cause of the outbreaks is established by the fact that in most 
- eases they were the first to become affected. 
- 18. In the map attached to the Annual Report of the Agricultural Department for 
the year 1887, and annexed hereto, it will be observed that the outbreaks of pleuro- 
pneumonia were in the main confined to three districts in England; first, the metro- 
politan district, comprising the Metropolis itself, Essex, Kent, Middlesex, and Surrey ; 
second, the north-western district, comprising the West Riding of Yorkshire, Lanca- 
shire, and Cumberland; third, the eastern, comprising Norfolk alone. In this last 
case it is interesting to notice that the counties immediately surrounding Norfolk 
__ appear to have been entirely free from disease, a singular condition, which will be 
considered hereafter when dealing with [reland. 
_ 14. In Scotland, the same chart shows that the disease is practically limited to the 
_ eentral counties of Lanark, Edinburgh, Fife, Forfar, Perth, Dumbarton, and Inyorness, 
Statistics. 
Agricultural 
Report 1887, 
page 13. 
Q. 5781. 
Q. 5681. 
Distribution 
of disease in 
the United 
Kingdom. 
