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as undoubtedly quite a number of horses would be killed 

 and rendered that the Cattle Commission would never hear 

 of if it were not for these renderers' reports. Whenever a 

 case is reported by one of the rendering establishments as 

 occurring outside of the city of Boston (in Boston the 

 Board of Health has charge of all matters pertaining to 

 glanders and farcy, it having been placed outside of the 

 jurisdiction of the Cattle Commission in this city), that has 

 not already been called to the attention of the commission, 

 the inspector of animals for the city or town where the case 

 occurs is at once instructed to see that the premises from 

 which the horse came have been properly disinfected, and, if 

 any other horses are stabled there, to see that they are free 

 from contagion. In this way it is believed that much good 

 has been accomplished. 



Reports have been made by 9 rendering companies, the 

 total number received being 168, including 439 animals 

 supposed to have been suflering from glanders or farcy ; of 

 these, 172 occurred in the city of Boston, leaving 267 

 which came under the jurisdiction of the Board. Of these 

 267 cases, 209 were previously reported in other ways, 

 leaving 58 to which official attention would not have been 

 called had it not been for these returns. 



A few of these cases, not over half a dozen, may not have 

 been glanders or farcy; on the other hand, occasionally an 

 animal infected with this disease may not have been re- 

 ported. It is therefore probable that the numbers given 

 may be less rather than more than the cases which actually 

 occurred. 



The following table will give an idea of the results of the 

 renderers' reports : — 



