Diseases of Animals. 



555 



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. 



Quarter 



ENDED 



Outbreaks 

 Confirmed. 



Cattle 

 found 

 Diseased. 



Cattle 

 Slaughtered 

 as having 



heen 

 exposed to 

 Infection. 



Outbreaks 

 Confirmed. 



. Swine 

 Slaughtered 



as 



Diseased, 

 or as 

 having been 



exposed 

 to Infection. 



September, 1898 

 December, 1898 

 March, 1899- 

 June, 1899 - 

 September, 1899 

 December, 1899 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 

 55o 

 507 

 594 

 917 

 453 

 358 



No. 



8,017 

 8,921 

 8,077 

 10,799 

 6,645 

 5,276 



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 

 Reported. 



Animals 

 Attacked. 



Outbreaks 

 Reported. 



Animals 

 Attacked. 



September, 1898 

 December, 1898 

 March, 1899 

 June, 1899 - 

 September, 1899 - 

 December, 1899 



No. 

 92 

 139 

 135 

 153 

 113 

 133 



No. 



134 

 223 

 247 



315 

 222 

 202 



No. 

 188 

 168 

 176 



175 

 261 

 241 



No. 



36l 

 306 

 328 

 263 

 526 



355 



Number of Cases of Rabies in Dogs in Great Britain 

 during each of the under-mentioned periods. 



Three Months ended 



Number of Cases. 



30th September, '1898 





1 



31st December, 1898 - --■ 





2 



31st March, 1899 - 





T 



30th June, 1899 







30th September, 1899 





6 



31st December, 1899 





2 



