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kitchen having the same floor area, that is 180 square feet, as 

 in the first schedule. It is recommended that the height of 

 the ground-floor rooms should be kept at 8 ft. from the floor 

 to the ceiling, and this measurement may very well be reduced 

 by a further 6 ins. Greater heights are disproportionate to the 

 other dimensions of cottage rooms, and the space above the 

 window-head only acts as a trap for vitiated air. Were it not^ 

 for the urgent need for economy the Ministry would insist orii 

 parlours being provided in all cottages. This room, with its 

 innumerable functions — reception-room, study, nursery, sick- 

 room, &c. — should be made as comfortable and as attractive 

 as may be. It need not be large, 120 super feet, prescribed in 

 the standard schedule being the maximum allowance. The 

 door should preferably open off the front room and should be 

 as far from the fireplace as the exigencies of the plan permit. 

 As already mentioned, it is desirable that the parlour window 

 should open towards the afternoon sun. The Manual contains 

 detailed plans of cottages of the three scheduled types, and 

 in every case the suggestions show an excellent combination 

 of utility with simple elegance. 



A Report on the work of the Ministry in connection with 

 outbreaks of diseases among animals during 1919 has recently 

 Diseases in Animals ^^^"^ issued.- The figures of outbreaks 

 d rin? 1919 given show that in 1919 the country was 

 ' affected by disease to a greater extent than 

 usual, Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Rabies being especially 

 prevalent. The existence of these diseases necessitated the 

 imposition of severe restrictions on the movement of animals 

 in infected areas, and the former disease caused the loss of a 

 considerable number of cattle, sheep, and pigs. These two 

 diseases naturally receive principal attention, but Swine Fever, 

 Glanders, Anthrax, Sheep Scab and Parasitic Mange all come 

 under review as being diseases notifiable to the ^linistry under 

 the Diseases of Animals Acts. The Report also contains a 

 brief account of the work done during the year at the Ministry's 

 Cattle Testing Station at Pirbright and at the Veterinary 

 Laboratory at Xew Haw, Weybridge, and in connection with 

 the administration of legislation respecting the exportation 

 of horses, the importation of dogs, and the landing of cattle 



♦Annual Reports of Proceedings under the Diseases of Animals Acts, the 

 Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts, &c., for the Year 1919. London : 

 H.M. Stationery Office, 1920, price Is. net. excluding postage. 



