42.6 



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. 



Pleuro Pneumonia. 



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. 

 879 

 55o 

 507 

 594 

 917 



453 



No. 



I5.352 

 8,OI7 

 8,921 

 8,077 



IO,799 

 6,645 



Quarter 



ENDED 



June, 1898 - 

 September, 1898 

 December, 1898 

 March, 1899- 

 June, 1899 - 

 September, 1899 



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 



Quarter 



Anthrax. 



Glanders 

 (including Farcy). 



ended 



Outbreaks 



■Animals 



Outbreaks 



Animals 





Reported. 



Attacked. 



Reported. 



Attacked. 



June, 1898 - 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



169 



254 



I 195 



337 



September, 1898 



92 



134 



188 



36i 



December, 1898 



139 



223 



168 



306 



March, 1899 



135 



247 



I 7 6 



328 



June, 1899 - 



153 



315 



177 



266 



September, 1899 - 



113 



222 



261 



I 



526 



Number of Cases of Rabies in Dogs in Great Britain 



Three Months ended 



Number of Cases. 



30th June, 1898 - 



6 



30th September, 1898 - 



1 



31st December, 1898 .... 



2 



31st March, 1899 - 



1 



30th June, 1899 " 





30th September, 1899 .... 



6 



