44 CATTLE DISEASES 



Union. The result was that the draft clauses were accepted 

 by all the parties to the conference, subject to the omission 

 of the phrase " or exhibiting clinical symptoms of tuber- 

 culosis," thus limiting the application of the clauses to cows 

 affected with tuberculosis of the udder. These " Model " 

 Clauses, as they were called, were incorporated in the Private 

 Acts of Blackpool, Bootle, Darwen, Derby, Leeds (with some 

 modification inserted by a Select Committee of the House of 

 Lords at the instance of Yorkshire County and District 

 Councils), Manchester, Salford, and Stockport. 



The main points of these clauses were that the milk of cows 

 affected with tuberculosis of the udder should not be sold ; 

 that power to take samples of milk and inspect dairies outside 

 the municipal area should only be granted subject to the 

 Order of a Justice having jurisdiction in the place where the 

 dairy was situated ; that cows suffering from tuberculosis 

 of the udder should be isolated ; that no sanitary authority 

 should have power to apply the tuberculin test except with 

 the consent of the owner of the suspected animal ; that 

 restrictive or prohibitory action taken as regards milk from 

 tuberculous animals should be limited to the existence as 

 certified by the Veterinary Surgeon of tuberculosis of the 

 udder ; and that cases of tuberculosis of the udder should be 

 notified to the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough in 

 which the milk was supplied. 



Sheep Scab. 



On 28th February the Council passed for the first time, on 

 the motion of Mr. A. Amos, a resolution in favour of the Board 

 of Agriculture being empowered to order the compulsory 

 dipping of sheep in order to prevent and eradicate Scab. 



1900. 



The Model Milk Clauses were this year inserted in the 

 following Private Acts : Bradford, Coventry, Croydon, 

 Farnworth, Halifax, Hastings, Ilfracombe, Lancaster, Liver- 

 pool, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Scarborough, Sheffield, 

 Southport, Taunt on, and West Bromwich. 



