No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 



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at Mount Washington, which were exposed to the bites of a 

 stray dog November 27 ; 2 of these were released April 21 ; 

 2 were killed Dec. 30, 1905, 1 because it had rabies, the 

 other because the owner decided that it was wiser to have it 

 destroyed than to run any further risk. 



Between Jan. 1, 1906, and Dec. 1, 1906, 1,163 animals 

 have been entered upon the Cattle Bureau records as having 

 rabies or as having been exposed to the bites of rabid dogs. 



Cases of rabies have occurred in the counties of Berkshire, 

 Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, Worcester, Middlesex, Es- 

 sex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth and Dukes. 



The folloAving table shows the species of animal and dis- 

 position of the cases : — 



The veterinarian of the Boston Board of Health reports 

 that up to December 1 there had been 38 cases of rabies 

 among dogs in that city, of which 5 were already entered on 

 the Cattle Bureau records. In addition to the above cases, 

 there is a dog to be added that died in Weymouth that was 

 in quarantme Jan. 1, 1906, making a total of 327 cases of 

 rabies .in dogs in Massachusetts during eleven months, end- 

 ino- November 30. 



In addition to the 5 horses that died that were bitten in 

 1906, there should be added 1 horse in Weymouth remain- 

 ing in quarantine at the end of 1905 ; this makes 6 horses 

 to die from rabies prior to December 1 during 1906. The 

 horse and pig referred to as having died, and cases still 

 undecided, were bitten l)y dogs believed to have been rabid ; 



