Infectious Diseases of Animals. 
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of the outbreak of disease on his premises. Several of Mr. Fawcett's herd in 
both fields were found to be suffering fiom cattle plague; and two' animals 
died before arrangements could be made for the slaughter and burial of the 
herd. Assuming, what can scarcely be questioned, that the three cattle 
which died before the disease was detected on Mr. Fawcett's premises were 
the subjects of cattle j)lague, it may be fairly concluded that the infection 
had extended to his herd about the time that the disease was officially 
declared to exist amongst Mr. Bcrryman's cattle. 
Owing to the discovery of the presence of cattle plague on Mr. Fawcett's 
premises, it was^considered necessary that further inquiry should be made in 
reference to the sanitary state of the animals in the district, and accordingly 
Mr. Cope, one of the inspectors in the Veterinary Department, was instructed 
to proceed to Pocklington, and carry on the necessary investigation. Mr. Cope 
remained in the district until the disease was exterminated, and subsequently 
made an inspection of the three districts of Patrington, Bridlington, and 
Pocklington, in order to ascertain if the necessary precautions had been taken 
to prevent a recurrence of the malady when fresh stock should be introduced 
into the infected premises. During his presence at Pocklington Mr. Cope 
reported the particulars of the following outbreaks : — 
On October the 1st a case of cattle plague occurred on Mrs. Beilby's pre- 
mises at Fangfoss, distant about a mile and a half from the scene of the 
original outbreak. It appears that on the discovery being made that some of 
Mr. Berryman's animals had died in the beck which runs along one side 
of his fields, tlie inspector of police advised all the owners of stock, for several 
miles along the course of the stream, to take away their animals. Thereupon 
Mrs. Beilby took her foiu' cows to her own premises, and placed them in a 
shed adjoining the house immediately outside the original infected district. 
This occurred on the 24th of September. On the 1st of October Mrs. Beilby 
reported to the veterinary inspector that one of her cows was ill, and after 
making an examination, the inspector decided that the animal was suffering 
from cattle plague. On the following day the diseased beast and the three 
which had been herded with it were slaughtered and buried, and the usual 
precautions taken to prevent the spread of the disease. This outbreak neces- 
sitated the declaration of another infected district. On further inquiry it was 
ascertained that Mrs. Beilby's cows had been pastured in a field next but one 
to that in which the diseased animals belonging to Mr. Fawcett had been kept. 
On the 10th of October, Mr. Burnley, of Garrowby Lodge, about two miles 
from Mr. P^awcett's farm, at Low Belthorpe, and about the same distance 
from Mrs. Beilby, of Fangfoss, where the last outbreak occurred, observed 
one of his cattle showing signs of illness, and accordingly sent for the veteri- 
nary inspector. At that time, symptoms of cattle plague were not well 
marked. On the following day, another animal was taken ill, and, on the 
next day a third showed indications of the disease, while in the first case the 
evidence of cattle plague was sufficiently clear. Mr. Burnley's herd, consisting 
of 10 animals, including the three diseased ones, which had been all herded 
together, were slaughtered and buried under the direction of the inspector. 
It is worthy of remark that Mr. Burnley was one of those who adopted the 
suggestion which I made on the occasion of my first visit to Pocklington, on 
September the 7th, he had divided his stock into three different lots. Owing 
to this measure having been taken in time, 16 animals entirely escaped the 
disease. 
The origin of the outbreak among Mr. Burnley's herds could not be ascer- 
tained. The animals had been kept in a shed close to the house, and none of 
the attendants, as far as could be discovered, had been in contact with any 
animal inlected with cattle plague ; on this point, however, the testimony of 
interested persons cannot be received without reservation. 
