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MR. H. G. PLIMMER ON DEATHS 



Table III. shows, in still further detail, the distribution of 

 diseases amongst the various orders of mammals. 



Table III. — Showing the Distribution of Diseases causing Death 

 amongst the principal Orders of Mammals. 



Notes on the foregoing Tables. 



1. There has been a general decrease in the deaths from 

 tubercle during the past five years, which has been most marked 

 in mammals. In 1908, 59 mammals died from tubercle, last 

 vear only 14. The percentage of deaths of the total number of 

 animals is 1 per cent, for mammals, 2*2 for birds, and 1 for 

 reptiles. Of the 14 mammals, 9 had not been six months in the 

 Gardens ; and 9 were pet animals which had been presented, 

 1 shared burrows in the squirrel's enclosure with the rats (which 

 we know are infected), 1 had been in captivity in the East for 

 some months before reaching London, and 1 was a tame animal 

 which had been reared by hand. So that only 2 of the old 

 mammal inhabitants died last year from tubercle. 



