48 CATTLE DISEASES 



On 17th May the Council sent two representatives to 

 support the deputation to Mr. Hanbury, organised by the 

 Horse-Breeding Societies, with reference to the importation 

 of horses suffering from Pink Eye, Influenza, or other diseases. 



1902. 



In June the Council again urged the Board to obtain powers 

 to order the compulsory dipping of sheep. The Board replied 

 to the effect that such an order could only be exercised by 

 means of a requirement that it should be carried out through- 

 out the whole of Great Britain on or about certain specified 

 dates. This, the widely differing conditions of climate affect- 

 ing (to mention only one instance) the time of shearing, 

 in their opinion, rendered the difficulties attending the selec- 

 tion of such uniform dates almost insuperable 



One outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease occurred near 

 Canterbury in March, and the Board, adhering to its policy 

 of isolation, prohibited the movement of animals in a scheduled 

 district which covered nearly half the county of Kent. 



Ten local authorities obtained Acts containing the Model 

 Milk Clauses. The London County Council introduced a 

 Bill containing clauses providing for much wider powers than 

 the Model, which was therefore opposed by the Parliamentary 

 Committee. After prolonged negotiations, all the Milk Clauses 

 were withdrawn from this Bill. 



1903. 



The repeated requests from the Chambers relating to 

 Sheep Scab had some effect this year, for Mr. Hanbury carried 

 a Bill through Parliament, entitled the Diseases of Animals 

 Act, 1903, empowering the Board to make orders for securing 

 the periodical treatment of all sheep by effective dipping or 

 by some other method. He also appointed a Departmental 

 Committee in April, to inquire into the subject of Sheep 

 Dipping, and two witnesses were deputed by the Council to 

 give evidence on their behalf. 



Sixteen local authorities obtained private Acts containing 

 the Model Milk Clauses this year. 



