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In Middlesex County, in addition to outbreaks in Lowell 

 and Dracut, the disease has occurred in Marlborough to a 

 considerable extent, with a few cases in Framinghani, Natick, 

 Weston, Waltham, Arlington, Lexington and Medford. 



In Norfolk County, in addition to the case in Milton, 

 there have been cases in Weymouth and Mansfield. 



The outbreaks in Marlborough, Hopkinton and Weymouth 

 are recent and the trouble cannot be considered as over in 

 any of these towns. Two or three recent cases in Worces- 

 ter may make it necessary for the mayor and aldermen to 

 adopt an order requiring all dogs in that city to be properly 

 and securely muzzled for a while. There has also been a 

 second outbreak recently in Dracut and Lowell, but here the 

 situation seems to be well in hand. In Essex county there 

 has been a couple of cases this past autumn at Topsfield, but 

 it is hoped that the disease there is under control, and that 

 there will be no further trouble in that locality. 



The following table shows to what extent rabies has pre- 

 vailed among dogs, and the localities in which it has occurred, 

 and also gives somewhat of an idea of the work it has en- 

 tailed upon the agents of the Cattle Bureau and the local 

 inspectors of animals : — 



Table showing Cases of Babies in Dogs, to Jan. 1, 1906. 



