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Tlie Outbreak of Cattle-Plague. 
[Copy of Circular.] 
" Sir, — I am directed by the Cattle-Plague Committee of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of England to forward you a copy of 
the recommendations which they have issued to the members of 
the Society, with a view to prevent the spread of cattle-plague, 
and in order to ensure its detection as early as possible. 
" I am to request that you will cause this document to be 
reprinted, and circulated as extensively as possible. 
" I am, sir, your obedient servant, 
" H. M. Jenkins, Secretary." 
At a Monthly Council held on April 11th, Professor Brown 
reported that since the last meeting of the Council twelve out- 
breaks of cattle-plague had been reported from different parts 
of the country. On the day of the meeting, cattle-plague was 
detected in a dairy of 11 cows in North Street, Hull. All the 
animals were slaughtered without delay, and the local autho- 
rities declared a certain district round the premises an infected 
place. 
On March 8th an outbreak occurred in a herd of 24 cattle 
on a farm at Beelsby, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. The in- 
quiry which was instituted did not result in establishing any 
connection between this outbreak and the centres of infection 
at Hull, but it can scarcely be doubted that the cattle-plague 
poison was in some indirect way, by the agency of persons or 
things which had been in contact with the diseased cattle, con- 
veyed from Hull to Lincolnshire. The statement which was 
made that the outbreak was due to the introduction of bones 
from Germany is entirely without foundation. The only bones 
which had been brought to the premises were part of a lot 
which had been on the wharf at Grimsby for several months, 
and they came originally from Amsterdam. 
On March 12th an outbreak occurred in Stepney, in a large 
dairy of 123 cattle. The owner of these premises had suffered 
severely in the former outbreak of cattle-plague in the metro- 
polis in 1865-6-7, and had consequently taken every possible 
precaution for his own protection, but without success. As 
soon as the disease was detected, measures were at once adopted 
for the purpose of arresting its spread ; the premises were de- 
clared infected, the diseased cattle were slaughtered, and also 
all those that were on the premises. 
On March 20th another outbreak occurred in a dairy of 35 
cows in Whitechapel. 
On March 22nd another outbreak occurred in North Street, 
Hull, in a dairy of 8 cows. These premises were within the 
