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the carcase be cut, nor should anything be done 



to cause the effusion of blood. 

 It is most important that the carcases should be 

 left uncut, as the bacillus of anthrax disappears when 

 kept from contact with air. 



Any method, therefore, of destroying or disposing 

 of the carcases which involves skinning or cutting up 

 should be avoided. The disease is likely to be spread 

 thereby, and, in addition, people engaged in such 

 work run a very serious risk of being inoculated with 

 the disease. 



CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION. 



The following are the provisions of the Anthrax 

 Order of 1895 ^.s regards the cleansing and dis- 

 infection of premises in which cases of anthrax have 

 occurred : — 



The Local Authority shall, at their own expense, 

 cause to be cleansed and disinfected in the 

 mode provided by this Article — 



All those parts of any shed, stable, building, 

 or other place in which a diseased or sus- 

 pected animal has been kept or has died or 

 been slaughtered ; 

 Every utensil, pen, hurdle, or other thing used 

 for or about any diseased or suspected 

 animal ; 

 Every van, cart, or other vehicle used for 

 carrying any diseased or suspected animal 

 on land, otherwise than on a railway. 

 The mode of the clean'sing and disinfection of such 

 shed, stable, building, or other place, or the 

 part thereof, shall be as follows : 



All those parts aforesaid of the shed, stable, 



