No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLH BURlOAl 



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promptly extiiiiiiicd, and in no case was there any disease 

 found, except in the case of George R. Tyzzer of Wakefield, 

 who had 4 cows and 1 calf killed by the United States gov- 

 ernment on August 28. 



The following figures, from the nineteenth annual report 

 of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, show the 

 extent of the whole outbreak in New England, the number 

 of animals killed, and the amounts paid for them by the 

 United States government : — 



The tables which follow show the number of herds and animals 

 found affected with foot and mouth disease, the number slaugh- 

 tered, the compensation paid, etc. These figures include all the 

 animals in the infected herds, whether they showed symptoms of 

 the disease or not. As in an outbreak of this disease all the ani- 

 mals exposed contract it in the course of a week or two, it was 

 assumed that where one or more animals in a herd showed clear 

 evidence of the disease all the rest were affected. 



The difference between the number of cattle affected (4,712) 

 and the number slaughtered (3,872) represents those that either 

 died or recovered. Nearly all the recoveries were in the earl}' 

 cases, where the disease had run its course before the work of 

 slaughtering was begun, or before those herds could be reached. 

 After the commencement of the work of eradication no newly 

 affected herds were allowed to be held for recovery. 



Number of Herds and Cattle affected with Foot and Mouth Disease since 

 the Beginning of the Outbreak, as reported by Months. 



* These are the figures of official record, hut it is known in a general way that there 

 were more animals affecteti previous to November. 



