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RABIES 



Under the Massachusetts Department of Public Health regula- 

 tions Chapter 111, General Laws as amended by Chapter 265, Acts 

 of 1938, Sections 6 and 7 "Dog Bite" is declared a disease dan- 

 gerous to public health. 



Chanter 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 period, if no symptoms of 

 rabies have developed, said animals may be released from quaran- 

 tine on order of the Director." 



Investigation of reported injuries inflicted to persons by 

 biting dogs and the quarantining of such dogs is one of the duties 

 of the Inspector of Animals. 



One thousand one hundred and one persons (1101) were bitten 

 by stray animals. The brains of six hundred and ninety-one (691) 

 animals were sent to Wassermann Laboratory for examination. Of 

 that number five hundred and fifty (550) were reported to have 

 bitten five hundred and eighty-three (583) persons. 



The following tabulation is a record of bites inflicted by 

 dogs and other animals. 



