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Report on the Contagious and 
While the investigation at Hull was Toeing carried on, an outbreak of cattle 
plague was reported from Patrington, about 15 miles east of Hull. I imme- 
diately proceeded to the spot and obtained evidence, which, added to that 
collected by Mr. Shorten, in reference to the destination of cattle sold in Hull 
market on July 29th, August 5th, and August 12th, enabled me to construct 
a consistent theory of the introduction of cattle plague into the three districts 
of Patrington, Bridlington, and Pocklington. 
In commencing this account it is necessary to assume that the virus of 
cattle plague was in some manner conveyed to animals in Hull market on 
July the 29th from the Eussian beasts which were removed from the ' Joseph 
Soames' on July the 27th. With this assumption, the introduction of the 
disease into the three districts referred to, becomes easily explicable. On 
July the 29th, in Hull market, Mr. Taylor of Bridlington, bought four 
heifers, and Mr. Newcombe, butcher, of Patrington, bought one heifer and one 
steer, all of which animals it was subsequently ascertained, came from farms 
on which no disease of a contagious character had existed. Mr. Newcombe's 
beasts were driven to the Hull railway station and trucked to Patrington. 
They were then driven to a field near Mr. Sanderson's mill, where they 
remained until August the 11th. On that day the heifer was observed to be 
ill, and on the following day it was slaughtered, and sent to Hull market to 
be sold for human food. On August the 19th, the steer was observed to be 
ill and was slaughtered, and on the following day also sent to Hull market. 
These two animals were seen by the veterinary surgeon at Patrington, and he 
expressed to me his opinion that they were the subjects of cattle plague, 
although at the time he did not consider it necessary to make any report 
of the occurrence as both the animals were killed immediately on the 
symptoms of disease being observed. In the pastures adjacent to Mr. New- 
combe's field, Mr. Sanderson, miller, had two cows and three calves. Another 
calf on the same premises was kept in a shed some distance from the field. 
About August the 23rd, three days after the slaughter of Mr. Newcombe's 
steer, one of the calves belonging to Mr. Sanderson was taken ill and died in 
two days. A few days afterwards the other two calves fell ill and died ; all 
the carcases were sent to the tanners at Hedon. On Saturday, September 
the 7th, the two cows were taken ill and died, one on September the 10th, 
and the other on September the 11th. The last animal was seen and 
examined post-mortem by Mr. Douthwaite, the inspector at Beverley, and 
was by him ascertained to have been affected with cattle plague. On 
September the 19th, 1 visited Patrington and inspected two cows and a heifer 
which were in a field belonging to Mr. John Alvin, adjoining that in which 
Sanderson's cattle were kept. One of the cows belonging to Mr. Alvin I 
found to be suffering from cattle plague, and from the symptoms which were 
then apparent, I concluded that the disease had been developed for at least a 
period of three days. The diseased animal and two healthy ones which were 
in the same field with it, were immediately slaughtered and buried by order 
of the local authority. On further inquiry, I ascertained that a cow belonging 
to Mr. Suddiby, and another belonging to Mr. Watson, had been removed 
from adjacent pastures a short time previously, and also that Mr. Alvin had 
taken away two heifers to premises a quarter of a mile distant for the purpose 
of keeping them there until they had calved. These animals, with the two 
calves, were slaughtered and buried by order of the local authority. 
This evidence was sufBcient to prove the existence of cattle plague as far 
back as Sejjtember the 7th, when Mr. Sanderson's two cows were attacked, 
one of these animals having been undoubtedly affected with the disease when 
it was examined by Mr. Douthwaite ; but the fair presumption is, that the 
outbreak of cattle plague on Mr. Sanderson's farm occurred shortly after the 
death of Mr. Newcombe's steer on August the 20th; and further, that 
