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of these have had to go to the expense of visiting New York 

 City to receive the Pasteur anti-rabic treatment, and 2 died 

 after completing the treatment and returning home. These 

 fatalities occurred in Lowell, the victims being a father and 

 his married daughter. They were bitten very badly on their 

 faces and hands by a pet dog April 13, went to New York 

 for the preventive treatment given by the New York City 

 board of health, and returned home. The woman died May 

 12 and the man July 3. 



In dealing with rabies, it has been the endeavor to work 

 as much as possible through the local authorities. Inspect- 

 ors of animals have been directed to quarantine all dogs and 

 other animals that were known to have been bitten or sus- 

 pected of having l>een bitten by rabid dogs ; and this quaran- 

 tine has been enforced for ninety days, unless the animals 

 became rabid and were killed, or the owners desired to kill 

 them to avoid the trouble of keeping them in quarantine, in 

 which instances owners have had permission to destroy them 

 in the presence of the inspector of animals or an agent of 

 the Cattle Bureau. 



Mayors and aldermen in cities and selectmen in towns 

 have been advised to issue muzzling orders in places where 

 the disease has prevailed extensively, requiring that all dogs 

 running at large shall be properly and securely nmzzled, 

 under the authority given them in section 158 of chapter 102 

 of the Revised Laws, and the police authorities have been 

 requested to enforce the dog license law, and destroy all 

 homeless and ownerless canines. The Lowell police are said 

 to have killed from 200 to 300 dogs of this description at 

 the time of the outbreak of rabies in that city last spring. 

 Agents of the Cattle Bureau have been sent to the towns 

 where the outbreaks occurred, to see that the quarantine 

 regulations were enforced and to advise with the local au- 

 thorities upon the best course to pursue. In many of the 

 towns where the most serious outbreaks have occurred muz- 

 zling orders have been issued by the local authorities, to 

 continue in force for periods varying from thirty to sixty 

 days. 



When rabies appears in a city or town, from twelve to 



