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that such a disease as rabies exists, and oppose or ridicule 

 measures taken for its suppression. 



Three persons have been prosecuted for not keeping their 

 dogs in quarantine after notice to do so was served upon them 

 by the inspector of animals. One man in Medford was fined 

 $50 in the Maiden court; he appealed, but has since died. 

 Two men were prosecuted at Wareham: one was found 

 guilty, and assessed the costs of the prosecution, amounting 

 to $3.G5; the other was discharged. The dog owned by the 

 man who was discharged went mad after being quarantined, 

 broke away, and bit a number of other dogs. The owner 

 claimed that he was chained, and that he broke the chain. 

 There was also a question as to whether the notice of quaran- 

 tine had been properly served on the owner, and he was there- 

 fore discharged. 



Glanders. 



There was a marked diminution in the number of cases of 

 glanders and farcy reported in Massachusetts during the year 

 ending Nov. 30, 1909, from the previous twelve months. 



During the year ending Nov. 30, 1908, 941 cases of glan- 

 ders or farcy were recorded, beside which there were 24 ani- 

 mals under observation at the end of the year. Twenty-one 

 of these were later released, and 3 were killed as having glan- 

 ders. Adding these 3 to the 941 cases previously decided 

 makes a total of 944 animals killed or which have died that 

 were quarantined prior to Dec. 1, 1908. 



During the year ending Nov. 30, 1909, 1,180 horses or 

 mules have been reported, including those dealt with in stable 

 tests. Of these, 684 have been killed as having glanders or 

 farcy, 479 have been released, and 17 were still held for fur- 

 ther examination. 



This shows a decrease of 260 cases for the entire State, of 

 which 158 are to be credited to Massachusetts outside of Bos- 

 ton, and 102 to Boston, as the veterinarian of the Boston 

 Board of Health reports 287 cases for the year ending Nov. 

 30, 1909, as compared with 389 cases for the previous year. 



Nearly all of the cities in which cases of glanders occur 

 show a marked decrease in the number of cases of this disease 



