324 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



out of a total of 121 occurred iu towns lying wholly or iu 

 part in this valley. 



One case of dumb rabies was reported from Newton, and 

 upon investigation it was found that the dog had been pur- 

 chased in New York City about a week before. 



Dr. Alex. Burr, of the health department of Boston, re- 

 ports 4 cases of rabies in dogs iu that city during the year 

 ending Nov. 30, 1911, making the entire total number of 

 cases of rabid dogs 125. 



During the year Dr. Langdon Frothingham has examined 

 the brains of 61 dogs, of which 43 proved positive cases and 

 1 8 have proved to be negative. Two heads of dogs suspected 

 of being rabid were sent in for microscopical examination 

 that were found to be iu such bad condition that a diagnosis 

 could not be made. 



The records show that no less than 50 persons, mostly 

 children, were bitten by rabid dogs, or so exposed by handling 

 the animals that it was deemed advisable to recommend the 

 Pasteur treatment 



The above statement cannot fail to impress the reader with 

 the seriousness of the situation in such localities as become 

 infected with rabies, and with the great importance of drastic 

 action on the part of local authorities to the end that, during 

 the period of outbreak, all dogs be so thoroughly and com- 

 pletely restrained as to prevent any and all intercourse be- 

 tween them, and in that way tend to suppress and eradicate 

 the disease more speedily and thoroughly than can be accom- 

 plished by less scA^ere measures. 



Glais'^deks. 



The subject of glanders is one to wliicli T have referred 

 earlier in this report, and I shall here only reiterate my state- 

 ment of the grave importance of more satisfactory methods 

 for handling this disease, having in mind the eventual eradi- 

 cation rather than the temporary suppression and control of 

 the disease. The appended statements give briefly the results 

 of the work of the department along this lino during the year 

 ending Nov. 30, 1011 : — 



Thirteen hundred and seventy horses and mules have been 



