No. 4.] 



CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 



453 



This does not include the reports from Bartlett's render- 

 ing works in Worcester, as Mr. Bartlett reports directly to 

 Commissioner Herrick whenever he receives an animal 

 with a contagious disease. 



The importance and necessity^ of doing all that is possi- 

 ble to eradicate glanders from the community has been 

 emphasized more strongly than in any previous year by the 

 loss of human life it has occasioned. Three and possibly 

 four persons have been sacrificed to this malady during the 

 past season. 



Two deaths in man occurred in Fitchburg, a father and 

 son both dying from disease contracted by caring for a sick 

 horse. One of the staff of the Sixth Regiment, M. V. M., 

 hired a mare from a Mr. A. of Fitch])uro: to ride at the 

 annual tour of duty at Framingham in June. Two or 

 three days after returning home she appeared to be ailing, 

 and a few days later a veterinarian was called, who treated 

 her for bronchitis; she died Sunday, July 8. The veter- 

 inarian was not satisfied with his diagnosis, made a post- 

 mortem examination of the marc, and reported to the 

 Cattle Commission that he believed she had died of glan- 



