302 INFECTIVE DISEASES. 



order that this may be done close supervision by conscientious and 

 responsible officers is required ; without it the case is hopeless. 



The Foot-and-mouth Disease Order of 1895 enforces notification, 

 isolation, and disinfection, and the question of slaughter is left to 

 the local authority. 



(1) A local authority may, if they think fit, cause to be slaughtered 

 () Any cattle, sheep, or swine affected with foot-and-mouth disease 



or suspected of being so affected ; and 



(&) Any cattle, sheep, or swine being or having been in the same field, 

 shed, or other place, or in the same herd or flock or otherwise in 

 contact with animals affected with foot-and-mouth disease, or being 

 or having been, in the opinion of the local authority, in any way 

 exposed to the infection of foot-and-mouth disease. 



