16 Foot-and-mouth Disease : its History and Teachings. 
with so much success in Denmark. The Cumberland system, 
so ably carried out by the Chief Constable, Mr. Dunne, briefly 
described, is as follows. Upon an outbreak of disease, the animals 
affected, and also those in immediate contact, are, by arrange- 
ment with the owners, slaughtered, and compensation, beyond 
the salvage, is paid to the owner. A cordon is formed around 
the infected place, and police officers stationed for the purpose 
of doing everything necessary to thoroughly isolate the infected 
fields or premises, and also to prevent animals being moved out 
of, into, or within the infected circle, except in the manner 
directed by the authorised regulations. All communication 
with the infected place is controlled so as to have all necessary 
precautions for avoiding the spread of disease carefully observed. 
And after the cessation of disease, the place, the manure, »&c., &c., 
are disinfected, and the police remain on duty night and day 
for the space of twenty-eight days. 
Reporting to the Quarter Sessions of Cumberland and West- 
moreland, on October 17, 1883, Mr. Dunne pointed out that 
during the seven years previous to the putting in force of the 
system described, the losses caused by foot-and-mouth disease 
in the two counties amounted, according to official records, to 
upwards of 300,000Z. ; during the six years the system had been 
in force seven outbreaks of disease had occurred, and in each 
case the disease had been prevented from spreading beyond the 
farm or premises where it appeared ; the loss to the farmers and 
the cost to the counties being infinitesimal as compared with the 
former period. 
Here is a system of repression which has been well tried and 
proved to be successful both in our own and in a continental 
country. To make the United Kingdom safe against future 
extensions of the disease, I contend that these well-tried regu- 
lations for isolated outbreaks should be embodied in a compulsory 
Act of Parliament. The following provisions, in addition to 
existing regulations, would probably suffice : — 
(a.) A Local Authority shall, upon any outbreak of foot- 
and-mouth disease, forthwith call upon the police 
authority to place the animals affected with the disease 
in quarantine, and to establish an efficient cordon 
round the infected place : such quarantine and cordon 
shall be carried out and maintained in accordance 
with regulations prescribed by the Privy Council. 
(5.) A Local Authority, upon any such outbreak,* shall 
* Since this paper was sent in, " The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order of 1866 " 
has been issued. Under the head, " Slaugliter by Local Authority," is tho 
I'ollowing : Any Local Authority may, if they think fit, cause any cattle . . . 
uflfected with foot-and-mouth disease to be slaughtered." Cui bonoi — J. H. 
