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of disease is a large bath of disinfectant for this purpose. 

 Butchers and cattle men are the chief people to watch. They 

 have been largely responsible in the past for carrying disease 

 about the country, or even importing it. A disinfector 

 must be appointed, whose sole duty it is to deal with those 

 brought in contact with the sick, and disinfect them before 

 leaving the premises. Half measures in this matter are no 

 use ; the boots and hands must be immersed in the solution 

 and scrubbed. The next most dangerous portions of cloth- 

 ing are the sleeves of the coat. 



The disinfection qf horse-boxes and cattle-trucks is a 

 matter of the utmost importance. Great complaints have 

 been made against railway companies for neglect in these 

 matters, more particularly horse-boxes. 



Both of these structures should be disinfected on the 

 lines laid down, the box should be washed with hot water, 

 soft soap, and carbolic acid to remove the grease ; parti- 

 tions and padding subjected to the same routine. Mangers 

 and flooring scrubbed, any manure or bedding destroyed by 

 fire, and the entire surface sprayed with the disinfectants 

 previously mentioned two or three times at intervals of two 

 days. In the meantime, every part of it should be thrown 

 open to the wind and daylight. 



Cattle-trucks should be scraped to get off all the old lime- 

 wash, which is in flakes and cakes. Nothing should be 

 done in the way of disinfection until this is removed. All 

 excreta should be collected and burned, the walls and floor 

 washed with boiling water, soap, and carbolic acid as before, 

 and then the disinfection may begin by means of the 

 spray or brush several times repeated. On top of this may 

 be placed a coating of fresh limewash. (See also Transit 

 of Animals.) 



Ship Disinfection. — There is perhaps no place so abso- 

 lutely filthy as a cattle boat, and its thorough disinfection 

 can only be properly performed by a sufficiency of labour. 



Let a case be supposed where a boat has landed a cargo 

 of cattle found to be sufl'ering from foot and mouth disease. 

 For the purpose of thorough cleansing this ship must be 



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