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INFECTIVE DISEASES. 



from 2,227 in 1875, to 1,723 in 1876, to 951 in 1877, to 698 in 

 1878, to 157 in 1879, and to 48 in 1880. 



In England the Pleuro-pneumonia Act came into force on 

 September 1st, 1890. Notification was to be given by the owner 

 to a police constable of the district, who was required to transmit 

 the information to the Local Authority and also to the Board of 

 Agriculture. An inspector, with the aid of the veterinary surgeon, 

 arranged for the slaughter of the suspected animal, and, if the 

 disease proved to be pleuro- pneumonia, of the rest of the herd. The 

 results are shown in the following table : 



Thus the number of cases was reduced from 2,057 in 1890 to 

 15 in 1894. 



A departmental committee appointed in 1892 to inquire into 

 pleuro-pneumonia and tuberculosis, came to the following conclusions 

 with regard to pleuro-pneumonia : 



(1) That the system of compulsory slaughter be applied not only to 

 all diseased cattle, but also to all cattle which have been in association 

 with them, or otherwise in any manner exposed to the infection of the 

 disease. 



(2) Compulsory slaughter should be accompanied by supplementary 

 measures, such as restrictions on the movement and sale of cattle within. 

 or coming from, infected districts. 



(3) Any exception to, or modification of, the system of compulsory 

 slaughter, as provided in the Slaughter Order, 1888, should only be 

 applicable to cattle in the dairy yards, byres, and cowsheds of large 

 towns, the owners or occupiers of which may claim in writing the privi- 

 lege of exemption for their cattle from immediate slaughter, on the 

 following conditions : 



