Xo. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 297 



In cities and towns where "landers occurred in botli 1903 

 and 1904 it will be seen that there w^as an increase in 22 

 cities and towns outside of Boston and a decrease in 34, 

 while it remained stationary in 12. Including Boston, it 

 occm-red both years in 69 cities and towns. 



There are 48 towns in which cases occurred in 1903 where 

 none w^ere reported in 1904, and 36 towns in which cases 

 occurred in 1904 where none were found in 1903, — a de- 

 crease of 12. 



This table does not give the towns where suspected cases 

 were reported in 1903, Avhich upon examination proved not 

 to be cases of contagious disease ; if it did, the negative 

 column would foot up 290, instead of 273. 



The number of cases occurring in Boston are given by 

 courtesy of the veterinarian of the Boston board of health. 

 Most of the negative cases in Boston were reported b}^ one 

 of the renderers, l)ut the veterinarian of the board of health 

 had investigated them, and was of the opinion that they 

 were not glanders. He also reported a nmnber of cases 

 that were not on the renderers report. It seems only fair, 

 as well as more accurate, this year to be governed entirely 

 by the information obtained from him, rather than to com- 

 bine his reports with those of the renderers, as has been 

 done in past years. 



The accompanying table shows the amount of w^ork done 

 with mallein during the year, where entire stables of horses 

 were tested upon premises where cases of glanders occurred, 

 giving the towns, number of stables and results. This 

 work has been undertaken to rid stables of this disease, to 

 protect other horse owners and to jn'ovent animals from be- 

 coming infected that have been exposed, as well as aborting 

 its development in horses already infected through the ther- 

 apeutic eifect of mallein. 



