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RARIES 



Under the Massachusetts Department of Public health 

 regulations Chanter 111, General Laws as amended by 

 Chapter 265, ■'Vots of 1938, Sections 6 and 7 "Dog Bite" 

 is declared a disease dangerous to public health. 



Chapter 129, Section 21 of the General Laws, was 

 a^nerded under Chapter 29, Acts of 1963 to read: "All 

 dogs knovm to have bitten persons shall be quarantined 

 for a pei^'iod of ten (10) days for observation, at the 

 end of which period, if no synintoms of rabies have 

 developed, said animals may be released from quarantine 

 on order of the Director." 



Investigation of reoorted injuries inflicted to 

 persons by biting dogs and the quarantining of such 

 dogs is one of the duties of the Insriector of .Animals, 



One thousand and sixty- two (1062) nersons were 

 bitten by stray animals. '^he brains of six hundred and 

 thirty-two (632) animals were sent to V/assermann Labora- 

 tory for examination. Of that number five hundred and 

 thirty-nine (53*^) were reported to have bitten five 

 hundred and sixty-six (5^6) persons. 



The following tabulation is a record of bites inflict- 

 ed by dogs and other animals • 



