The Outbreak of Catth-Plague. 
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Infected place which had been previously declared by the local 
authority. 
On March 26th another outbreak occurred in the metropolis, 
at a distance of something like seven miles from the centre of 
infection in the east of London. In this case the animals among 
which the cattle-plague appeared were in a shed in Goldhawk 
Road, Shepherd's Bush. All the animals, 31 in number, were 
slaughtered. No direct connection can be traced between this 
outbreak and the disease in the east of London, but it was stated 
at the time that a person who inoculates for plcuro-pneumonia 
had operated some time previously on a number of the animals, 
•and the disease, when first detected, was confined to the animals 
which had been so inoculated. The operator denied having 
been in contact with diseased animals, and there was no positive 
evidence adduced in opposition to his statement. 
On March 27th an outbreak occurred at Poplar among 16 
cattle. On the same day another outbreak occurred in St. 
<jeorge's in the East, among 13 cattle. 
On March 31st cattle-plague was detected in a cow-shed at 
Poplar, among 14 cattle. 
On April 3rd another outbreak occurred in St. George's in 
the East, among 66 cattle. All the animals in one shed were 
slaughtered, but those in another shed on the same premises being, 
it was alleged, perfectly isolated, were allowed to live. It has just 
been reported that, to avert the risk of the extension of the disease, 
an order has been given for the slaughter of all those animals. 
On April 7th an outbreak of cattle-plague at Willesden was 
reported to the Veterinary Department, and the Chief Inspector 
-was immediately instructed to make an inquiry. On his arrival 
he found 15 animals suffering from the disease, many of them 
in the advanced stage. These animals were all slaughtered and 
buried the same evening. On the following day several other 
animals in the herd were found to be affected ; and at a meeting 
of the local authority of Middlesex, on Monday, instructions were 
given for the slaughter of the entire herd. The carcasses of the 
healthy cattle will be removed, but the whole of the diseased 
animals, together with the hides and offal of the healthy cattle, 
will be buried on the farm. This outbreak of cattle-plague is 
presumably connected with the one which occurred at Shepherd's 
Bush on March 26th, but no direct communication between the 
two centres has been traced. In none of these cases can satis- 
iactory evidence be obtained, as the persons who could give 
precise information prefer for obvious reasons to remain silent. 
On April 7th an outbreak of cattle-plague occurred in a dairy 
of 10 cows at Shad well. 
A report was published on Tuesday (April 10th) relative to an 
