1920.] 



Kabie.s. 



Rabies . — Wiltshire. — On the 14th August an outbreak of Babies was 

 confirmed at Wilton, near Salisbury, a district not hitherto visited by this 

 disease. 



This outbreak necessitated the imposition of muzzling and movement 

 restrictions over a wide area embracing parts of the counties of Wiltshire. 

 Hampshire and Dorset, and extending approximately from Bournemouth in 

 the south to Wroughton in the north and from Winchester in the east to 

 Maiden Bradley in the west. Subsequently, eight further cases were 

 confirmed, one at Marlborough, four at Salisbury, one at Xetheravon. one at 

 Burbage and one at Potterne, near Devizes. 



In view of the case at Marlborough and the additional cases in and near 

 Salisbury, the area originally scheduled was extended so as to include the 

 district lying within a radius of approximately 15 mi'.e- :"r:m Marlborough, 

 and an Inner or Dangerous Area, comprising the district lying within 5 miles 

 of Wilton and Salisbury, was declared. In this Inner Dangerous Area dogs 

 are required to be led as well as muzzled in a public place, and also muzzled 

 on private premises unless tied up or confined in an enclosure from which 

 they cannot escape, and no exemptions are allowed for dogs used for hunting 

 or other sporting purposes. Dogs are also not allowed to be moved out of 

 this Inner Area, even to the outer zone of the Muzzling Area, without s 

 special licence from the Ministry entailing six months" quarantine on approved 

 veterinary premises. 



The confirmation of the cases at Netheravon and Burbage. both of which 

 lie between Marlborough and Salisbury, necessitated the extension of the 

 Inner Dangerous Area in a north-easterly direction so as to include the whole 

 of the country from Salisbury to Marlborough through which the Burbage 

 dog had run. At the same time the Scheduled District was extended so as to 

 include Andover and certain parishes on the eastern side of the district round 

 Andover. 



Glamorgan. — On the 11th September Rabies was confirmed in two fox- 

 hounds at Cowbridge. Glamorgan, in a district which has only comparatively 

 recently been released from restrictions. The usual. Order was at once made 

 requiring the muzzling of all dogs in an area comprising roughly a radius of 

 12 miles round Cowbridge. extending from the county boundary between 

 Monmouth and Glamorgan on the east to Kenfig and Maesteg on the west, 

 and to approximately Caerphilly. Pontypridd and Llangeinor in the north. 

 The Order also prohibited the movement of dogs out of the Area, except by 

 licence requiring six months' quarantine on approved veterinary premises. 

 Xo further outbreak has yet been confirmed in this Area. 



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