Diseases of Animals. 



DISEASES OF ANIMALS IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

 Number of Outbreaks of Pleuro-Pneumonia and of 

 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 



Fieuro-Pneunionla. 



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. 



March, 1898 



I 





220 



578 



1 1,466 



June, 1898 - 









879 



15,352 



September, 1898 









55o 



8,017 



December, 1898 









507 



8,921 



March, 1899- 









594 



8,077 



June, 1899 - 









917 



IO,799 



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 



ENDED 



Anthrax. 



Outbreaks 

 Reported. 



Animals 

 Attacked. 



March, 1898 

 June, 1898 - 

 September, 1898 

 December, 1898 

 March, 1899 

 June, 1899 - 



No. 

 156 

 169 

 92 

 139 

 135 

 153 



No. 



245 

 254 

 134 

 223 



247 

 315 



Glanders 



(including Farcy). 



Outbreaks 



Animals 



Reported. 



Attacked. 



No. 



No. 



197 



381 



195 



337 



188 



361 



168 



306 



176 



328 



177 



266 



Number of Cases of Rabies in Dogs in Great Britain 



during each of the under-mentioned periods. 



Three Months ended 



Number of Cases. 



31st March, 1898 - 



30th June, 1898 ..... 

 30th September, 1898 - 



31st December, 1898 .... 



31st March, 1899 ... 



30th June, 1899 ..... 



8 

 6 

 1 

 2 

 1 



