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Under the Massactiusotta Departrrient of Public Health 

 regulations Chapter 111, ronoral Lawa as amended by 

 Chapter 2t>^S, Acjsa of 193->» Sections 6 and 7 "Dog Bite" 

 is declared a disease dangerous to public health. 



Chapter 129, Section 21 of the General Laws, was 

 amended under Chapter 29, Acts of 1963 to read: "All 

 dogs known to have bitten persons shall be quarantined 

 for a period of ten (10) days for observation, at the 

 end of which oeriod, if no symptoms of rabies have 

 developed, said ani.fjals may be released frora quarantine 

 on order of the irector." 



Investij;ation of reported injuries inflicted to 

 persons by biting of do^s and the quarantining of such 

 dogs is one of the duties of the Inspector of Animals. 



One thousand one hundred eleven (1,111) persons 

 were bitten by stray animals. The brains of five hundred 

 and fifty-nine (^35^0 animals were sent to the assermann 

 Labor titory for exaD.ination. Of that number, four hundred 

 and twenty-one (i+21) were reported to have bitten four 

 hundred and forty-two (ki;2) persons, 



fhe following tabulation is a record of bites 

 inflicted by dozs and otijer animals: 



