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Diseases of Animals. 



DISEASES OF ANIMALS IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



Number of Outbreaks of Pleuro-Pneumonia and ot 

 Swine-Fever, with the Number of Cattle and Swine 

 Slaughtered by order of the Board of Agriculture, in 

 Great Britain in each of the under-mentioned periods. 



Quarter 



ENDED 



Pleuropneumonia. 



Swine-Fever. 



Outbreaks 

 Confirmed. 



Cattle 

 found 

 Diseased. 



Cattle 

 Slaughtered 



as having 



been 

 exposed to 



Infection. 



Outbreaks 

 Confirmed. 



Swine 

 Slaughtered 

 as 



Diseased, 

 or as 

 having been 



exposed 

 to Infection. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



December, 1896 









815 



15,806 



March, 1897 



2 



14 



450 



785 



13,544 



June, 1897 - 



3 



25 



197 



700 



13,131 



September, 1897 



I 



4 



71 



392 



8,026 



December, 1897 





3 



23 



278 



5,731 



March, 1898 





I 



220 



578 



11,466 



Number of Outbreaks reported as having taken place, and 

 Number of Animals returned as having been Attacked 

 by Anthrax and Glanders in Great Britain in each 

 of the under-mentioned periods. 



Quarter 



Anthrax. 



Glanders 

 (including Farcy). 



ENDED 



Outbreaks 



Animals 



Outbreaks 



Animals 





Reported. 



Attacked. 



Reported. 



Attacked. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



December, 1896 



118 



219 



213 



331 



March, 1897 



129 



306 



196 



341 



June, 1897 - 



109 



201 



230 



393 



September, 1897 



93 



171 



249 



437 



December, 1897 



102 



204 



225 



458 



March, 1898 



157 



246 



197 



381 



Number of Cases of Rabies in Dogs in Great Britain 

 during each of the under-mentioned periods. 



Three Months ended 



Number of Cases. 



31st December, 1896 . . . . 



49 



31st March, 1897 ----- 



48 



30th June, 1897 ----- 



42 



30th September, 1897 - - - . 



40 



31st December, 1897 - - • - 



21 



31st March, 1898 ----- 



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