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havinof material for the Pasteur anti-ral)ic treatment sent 

 from the laboratory of the New York City l>oard of health 

 to the State Hospital at Tewksl)ury and the Boston City 

 Hospital. At each of these hospitals a number of cases have 

 been treated. Physicians have also had material sent for use 

 on their patients in a number of instances, thus avoiding the 

 time and expense necessary for taking the treatment in New 

 York. If the present state of afitiirs should continue, it 

 might l)e desirable for the State of Massachusetts to estab- 

 lish a laboratory for the preparation of this material ; but 

 if history repeats itself, the malady will disappear until we 

 have another surplus of curs and mongrels, and the disease 

 is reintroduced. 



Glanders. 



The number of cases of glanders and farcy in Massachu- 

 setts during 1906 shows a slight decrease from the previous 

 year, although the diminution during 1906 is not as marked 

 as it was in 1905. 



While the statistics to be given in the future are to l)e in- 

 cluded between November 30 of one year and Deceml)er 1 

 of the succeeding year, and the following table gives the 

 cases or suspected cases until Dec. 1, 1906, only, there were 

 21 horses killed with glanders between December 1 to 15 

 inclusive, making the total numl)er killed during the year 

 from Dec. 16, 1905, to Dec. 15, 1906, inclusive, to be 33 less 

 than during the corresponding period the year before, — 13 

 less in Boston and 20 less outside of this city. 



It is also encourasfinof to note that in the two largest cities 

 of the State outside of Boston, namely, Worcester and Fall 

 River, which are so far removed that they may be looked 

 upon as distinct centers of infection, there has been a con- 

 tinued decrease in the number of cases ; in fact. Fall River 

 may be looked upon as almost free from glanders, as only 4 

 cases were reported there, while a few years ago there were 

 35 or 40 cases there each year. 



The results of the work in connection with glanders are 

 shown in the followinsr tal)le : — 



