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Report, on the Contagious and 
On October the 14th, the veterinary inspector received information from 
Mrs. Dale, of Skirpenbeck, distant three miles from Garrowby Lod<Je, where 
the last animals were attacked, that one of her cows had died on the previous 
night. On making an inspection, Mr. Jebson found a calf on the premises 
afiected witli the disease in an advanced stage, and further ascertained that a 
calf had died on the same premises about eight days previously. Mrs. Dale 
■did not suspect tlie existence of cattle plague among her animals, as the last 
case had occurred on premises not less than three miles distant. The inspector 
further ascertained that two cattle of a herd of eight, which were in adjoining 
premises, were affected with cattle plague in the early stage. All these 
animals were immediately slauglitered and buried. The origin of this out- 
break, like that of the previous one on Mr. Burnley's premises, could not be 
satisfactorily determined. Another infected district had at this time to be 
■declared. The new outbreak was within one mile of the North Riding of 
Yorkshire, and there was some ground for the fear which existed that the 
<lisease might cross the boundary. 
On the same day, October the 14th, that the disease was detected on 
Mrs. Dale's premises, another outbreak was discovered on j^remises belonging 
to Mr. Johnson, of Fangfoss, a few lumdred yards from the premises of 
Mrs. Beilby, where four diseased animals had been slaughtered on October 
the 1st. Mr. Johnson's herd consisted of 10 animals, one of which, a calf, 
was suffering from the disease in its last stage. This animal, and the other 
•cattle with which it liad been herded, were slaughtered and buried. 
On October the 18th, cattle plague was detected on premises belonging to 
Mr. Banks, of Grange Farm, Bishop Wilton. The herd consisted of 23 
animals; 19 of which, namely, 8 calves and 11 cows, were kept in sheds, the 
remaining 4 animals were in a pasture close to the farm buildings. Mr. 
Banks reported one of the four animals in the field to be unwell on October 
the 18th, and the veterinary inspector ascertained that this animal was 
suffering from cattle plague. The four cattle were consequently killed and 
buried. The animals that were kept in the sheds, not having been in contact 
with the four among which the disease appeared, were not slaughtered. 
However, on the seventh day after the burial of the four cattle, the disease 
appeared among the calves which were kept in the shed next to that in which 
the cows were kept. Two of the calves gave unmistakeable evidence of being 
affected with cattle plague, and others showed indications of the disease. 
Consequently the whole of the animals, cows and calves, li) in number, were 
slaughtered and buried by order of the local authority. Nineteen other 
animals belonging to Mr. I3anks, which were pastured in a field next to that 
in which the first animal became infected, altogether escaped the disease. 
No other outbreak occurred in the district, and at the expiration of a month 
after the slaughter of Mr. Banks's herd, a final inspection was made of the 
three districts in which the disease had appeared by Mr. Cope, who repiorted 
tbat the necessary measures had been taken to prevent a recurrence of cattle 
2)lague, by cleansing and disinfecting the premises in which diseased animals 
had stood, and the fields in which they had been grazing, by the free use of 
lime, and other disinl'ecting agents. 
The Patiington District, where the disease was discovered on the 12th of 
Sejrtember, was declared free on the 26th of October. 
The Bridlington District, where the disease was first declared to exist on 
September the 8th, was declared free by the local authority on the 2nd of 
November. 
The Pocklington District, where the disease was recognised on the 4th 
of September, was declared free by the local authority on the 25th of 
November. 
In the districts of Patrington and Bridlington fresh stock had been intro- 
