214 INFECTIVE DISEASES. 



up. or cause to be dug up, the carcass of any animal that has been 

 buried. 



Diaiiifectioti in Case of Anthrax. 



9. — (1) The Local Authority shall at their own expense cause to be 

 cleansed and disinfected in the mode provided by this Article — 



(ti) AU those parts of any shed, stable, building, or other place in 



which a diseased or suspected animal has been kept or has died or 



been slaughtered ; 

 (6) Every utensil, pen, hurdle, or other thing used for or about any 



diseased or suspected animal ; 

 (c) Every van, cart, or other vehicle used for carrying any diseased 



or suspected animal on land otherwise than on a railway. 



(2) The mode of the cleansing and disinfection of such shed, stable, 

 building, or other place, or the part thereof, shall be as follows : — 



(i.) All those parts aforesaid of the shed, stable, building, or other 

 place shall be swept out, and all litter, dung, or other thing that 

 has been in contact with, or used about, any diseased or suspected 

 animal shall be effectually removed therefrom ; then 



(ii.) The floor and all other parts of the shed, stable, building, or other 

 place with which the diseased or suspected animal or its droppings 

 or any discharge from the mouth or nostrils of the animal has come 

 in contact, shall be, so far as practicable, thoroughly washed or 

 scrubbed or scoured with water ; then 



(iii.) The same parts of the shed, stable, building, or other place shall 

 be washed over with limewash made of freshly burnt lime and 

 water, and containing in each gallon of limewash four ounces of 

 chloride of lime or half a pint of commercial carbolic acid, the 

 limewash being prepared immediately before use ; 



(iv.) Except that where any place as aforesaid is not capable of being 

 so cleansed and disinfected, it shall be sufBcient if such place be 

 cleansed and disinfected so far as practicable. 



(3) The mode of the cleansing and disinfection of such utensil, pen, 

 hurdle, or other thing, and such van, cart, or other vehicle aforesaid, shall 

 be as follows : — 



(i.) Each utensil, pen, hurdle, or other thing, van, cart, or other 

 vehicle, shall be thoroughly scraped, and all litter, dung, sawdust, 

 or other thing shall be effectually removed therefrom ; then 



(ii.) It shall be thoroughly washed or scrubbed or scoured with water ; 

 then 



(iii.) It shall be washed over with limewash made of freshly burnt 

 lime and water, and containing in each gallon of limewash four 

 ounces of chloride of lime or half a pint of commercial carbolic 

 acid, the limewash being prepared immediately before use. 



(4) All litter, dung, or other thing that has been removed from any 

 such shed, stable, building, place, van, cart, or vehicle as aforesaid, shall 

 be forthwith burnt or otherwise destroyed or disinfected to the satisfac- 

 tion of an Inspector of the Local Authority. 



