No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



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a total for the entire State of 154 mad dogs. The total num- 

 ber of dogs having rabies during the year ending Nov. 30, 

 1908, in IMassaehusetts, including Boston, was 504; this 

 shows a decrease of 350 cases for lilOO. The western part of 

 the State has been entirely free from this disease, as not a 

 case has been reported west of North Brookfield. 



During 1909, Dr. Frothingham has examined the brains of 

 87 animals for rabies, of which 52 have proved positive or 

 probable cases, and 35 have proved to be negative. One dog's 

 head sent to Dr. Frothingham was in such a condition that he 

 could not examine it. 



Rabies has not only prevailed extensively in southern New 

 England for the past few years, but is disseminated through- 

 out the eastern three-fourths of the country, as is shown by a 

 recent publication of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital 

 Service of the United States Treasury Department, by Drs. 

 John W. Kerr and Arthur M. Stimson. 



The following table may prove of interest in showing 

 the number of cases of rabies and the number of animals dealt 

 with during the outbreak of this disease in Massachusetts, 

 which it is now hoped is nearly over. 



Animals tchich had Babies, quarantined, etc., during Outbreak com- 

 mencing early in 1905, continuing to Dec. 1, 1909. 



Ntimber of human deaths, 19 



Number of persons who have had to go to the trouble and expense 

 of taking the Pasteur auti-rabic treatment, because of being bit- 

 ten by rabid dogs 518 



The above figures give l)ut an inadequate idea of the amount 

 of property destroyed and the human and animal suffering 

 caused by this malady ; yet there are people who do not believe 



