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Rabies. 



[June, 1922. 



Rabies. — Southampton. — A case of Rabies in a dog at Itchen, in the 

 Borough of Southampton, was reported to the Ministry on 5th May. The 

 head was received at the laboratory, and the case was confirmed on the 9th 

 instant. 



The dog, a fox terrier puppy, 7 months old, was not known to have bitten 

 any other animal or any person. The owner states that he exercised the dog 

 for miles over the country in the Southampton neighbourhood where outbreaks 

 of Rabies occurred during 1920 and 1921. It is considered a possibility that 

 infection may have been contracted from a rabid dog of the last series of out- 

 breaks by some other dog, and communicated by a bite to the puppy now 

 affected. No further information is available at the moment, but inquiries 

 are being pursued as to any dogs lost or destroyed during the past 6 months. 



An Order was made on 9th May, requiring the muzzling of all dogs within 

 a radius of 15 miles from Southampton, and prohibiting the movement of all 

 dogs out of that area except by licence of the Ministry. No licences will be 

 granted except under conditions requiring the dog to be detained and isolated 

 for 6 months on the premises of a veterinary surgeon approved by the Ministry. 



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