1922.] 



FOOT-AND-MOUTII DISEASE. 



91 



SiNt'K llHli Fohniary, the date loferrod to in tlu; Note contained in the 

 Journal lor Marcli, 1*.I22, "242 fnrllier outl)ieaks of foot-and-nioutli disease 

 have heen conliinied in (Jicai I'ritain, niakiiif^ a total 

 Foot-and- „,, to Sunday. 19th March, ..f 1,021». This nund.cr i> 

 Mouth Disease, .listrihnted througliout England. Scothuid and \\\des 

 as follows:— h:ngland, ilHG : Scotland, lU ; Wales. 2. 



The counties which have heen the most heavily infected are Ch«*shire, 

 Durham, Lancashire, Lindsey (Lines), Norfolk, Xorthmnlx-i land, Nottingham. 

 Westmorland and York. Those in Scotland are Forfarshire and Jienfrew- 

 shire. Out of the DHi) outhrcaks in Kngland. oH^ occurred in Yorkshire. The 

 number of animals slaughtered hy the Ministry in connection with all out- 

 breaks up to lllth March is 21,510 cattle : 17,1>71 sheep ; 8.575 pigs and 41 

 goats : totalling 48.097 animals. The percentage of the animals slaughtered 

 to the total livestock population is shown in the following table : — 



Infected Conntiex only. Whole of Great Britain. 



('att/e 3,352,<J30 0-04 G,()59,859 0-32 



S/iee2) 9,859,5;'>2 0-18 20,490,024 0'09 



Pigs 1,508,041 0-55 2,(150,964 0-38 



The estimated net cost of compensation for aninuils so slaughtered will 

 amount approximately to £65,000 after detlucting the estimated receipts for 

 the salvage of carcasses passed as lit for human consumption. 



In each outbreak the local circumstances are considered i)y the Ministry 

 with a view to determining whether they are specially favourable to the 

 adoption of isolation in lieu of slaughter. The policy of slaughter, however, 

 has not been superseded, and isolation is only decided upon where the 

 situation of the farm and arrangements for housing the stock are peculiarly 

 suited to such a course. The <[uestion of isolation assumes more importance 

 where valuable })edigree herds are concerned. Moreover, the expenditure ol 

 a large amount of public money on slaughtering is not justified in cases in 

 which proper arrangements can be made for isolating affected animals with 

 practically no risk of the spread of inf(!ction. This course had been followed 

 y\ \th respect to 43 outbreaks in England and 8 in Scotland up to 19th Maich. 



An important Order was issued on 9th Mai-ch revising the rules to be 

 observed on foot-a!id-mouth disease infected places, with thi' principal object 

 of securing a more thorough disinfection both of the premises and also ol the 

 clothing of persons entering or leaving infected places. 



Restrictions on Movement. The restrictions on the movement ol 

 aninuds which, as .stated in the Journal for March, 1922, were applied on 

 5th February to the whole of (heat Britain, were niodilied on 27th February 

 by releasing altogethor the whole of the Northern counties t)f Scotland down 

 to, but not including, Forfarshire, Perthshire. Dund)arton^hire and the i)ortion 

 of Argyllshire south-east of Loch Fine : tlu- Isle of Arran was also included 

 in the released district. The elfect of this Order was to allow the free 

 movement, and the holding of markets and sales, of all classes ol -lock 

 within the released part of Scotland, and tlu- nu)vement of animals out oi 

 such part into any otlier part of (Jreat Britain subject to obtaining the 

 jiecessary licences from the Local Authority of tlu- place of destination. N" 

 movement, however, into the released area from ;iny otlier part of tlu- country 

 was allowed. 



