No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 475 



licensed slaughter houses or establishments upon the day or 

 days designated for slaughter, and there carefully examine 

 at the time of slaughter the carcasses of any and all neat 

 cattle, sheep and swine slaughtered thereat. And it shall 

 be the duty of such inspectors also to examine at the time 

 of slaughter any and all neat cattle, sheep and swine when 

 owned by any person not engaged in such business, and 

 when the same are slaughtered upon his own premises other 

 than a slaughter house, etc., unless the said animal is less 

 than six months old, or has been inspected within six 

 months prior to such slaughter, and a certificate of health 

 has been delivered to the owner or person in charge." 



Under section 5, chapter 491 of the Acts of 1894, every 

 inspector shall keep a record of all inspections and his 

 doings thereon, and shall make regular returns of all such 

 inspections to the Board of Cattle Commissioners. Under 

 this provision the inspectors have reported the following 

 work : — 



Number of cattle inspected at time of slaughter, under 



section 21, 975 



Number of sheej) inspected at time of slaughter, imder 



section 21, 157 



Number of swine inspected at time of slaughter, under 



sectioh 21, 3,345 



Number of cattle inspected at licensed slaughter houses at 



time of slaughter, 187,416 



Number of sheep inspected at licensed slaughter houses at 



time of slaughter, . , 405,201 



Number of swine inspected at licensed slaughter houses at 



time of slaughter, 1,468,334 



Total number of animals inspected at time of slaughter, 

 including those inspected at licensed slaughter houses, and 

 also under section 21, 2,065,428 



Cattle destroyed as tuberculous, ...... 302 



Sheep destroyed as tuberculous, *2 



Swine destroyed as tuberculous, . . ... 105 



Percentage of cattle found infected, .16 



Percentage of sheep found infected, 



Percentage of swine found infected, .0071 



Numberof towns with licensed slaughter houses, . . . 102 



Number of licensed slaughter houses, ..... 228 



* These were probably not tuberculous, but were cases of (Esophagostoma 

 Columbianum, which was very likely mistaken for tuberculosis by the local 

 inspector. 



