No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS' KEPORT. 457 



Hog Cholera. 



There is but little to say on this subject, Sixty-five out- 

 breaks have been reported during the year. This is a matter 

 which, as a whole, can be very well treated by the owners of 

 animals, and accordingly the Board issued to such owners the 

 following letter of instructions : — 



52 Village Street, Boston, Oct. 14, 1895. 



Dear Sir : — In treatment of outbreaks of hog cholera, I am in- 

 structed by the Board of Cattle Commissioners to direct as follows : 

 Make a thorough separation of the well from the sick animals ; let 

 the well ones be examined frequently, and as fast as new disease is 

 found, put the animal among those that have been set off as sick ; 

 quarantine the whole herd, allowing no animals to be sold from it or 

 none to be added to it until all signs of the disease have disappeared 

 from among them. Place in the food a solution of carbolic acid, — 

 five drops to one hundred pounds live weight of the animal. 



Yours truly, F. H. Osgood, Chairman. 



Rabies. 



Strictly speaking, this Board has received no notice of the 

 existence of rabies in the State during the past year, nor have 

 any of its members had any reason to suppose that there had 

 been any outbreak of the sort until on or about the lOfh of 

 December, when a statement published in one of the Boston 

 daily papers led to an inquiry and the following correspond- 

 ence : — 



[Copy.] 



City Hall, West Newton, Dec. 11, 1895. 

 Dr. Robert A. Held, Newton, Mass. 



Dear Sir: — It appears that by the law of 1894, chapter 491, 

 section 37, "rabies" was made a contagious disease, and the exe- 

 cution of the law in regard to same is with the Board of Cattle Com- 

 missioners. Will you be so kind as to write a statement of the case 

 to Dr. Chas. P. Lyman, No. 52 Village Street, Boston, Mass., giv- 

 ing such facts as are in your possessiou, and the Board of which he 

 is secretary will take immediate action. 

 Very truly yours, 



(Signed) I. F. Kingsbury, City Clerk. 



