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Tuberculosis. 
Among the monkeys the history of this disease for 
the past year has been happily brief. We report with 
pleasure that there has not been a death among them 
from tuberculosis for the past twenty months, and that 
this is probably a record unique for any garden exhibiting 
any notable number of these animals. This feat is entirely 
referable to the pioneer work of Doctors C. Y. White and 
Herbert Fox during a period of twelve years, consistently 
assisted throughout by the unqualified support and 
judgment of Dr. Charles B. Penrose. It must be at 
once added that the mortality this year from all causes 
among the primates has also been the lowest on record, 
numbering but eleven out of eighty-four exhibited (13%) 
and that the credit for this must accrue to the administra- 
tion of the garden. 
No monkeys were left in the detention room at the 
beginning of the year and none at the end. Twenty- 
four monkeys and lemures have been received of which 
all but two were at once passed to exhibition, and the 
remaining two passed on a retest. 
As regards other animals than monkeys, the tubercu- 
losis record has not been as good as last year (18 against 
13) on account of 5 deaths among birds not before 
represented (striges, crypturi, struthiones) . Of the 18 
but 3 were mammals. 
Low Carnivora Mortality. 
Three years ago new sanitary meat regulations were 
instituted, consisting of better screening, disinfection of 
utensils, etc., etc. The following statistics indicate that, 
if this year's showing is a consequence of this, the addi- 
tional expense and labor have been well repaid. In all 
fairness a definite conclusion should not be made for 
several years more; and the subjoined table is designed 
more especially as a reference guide for succeeding 
years. 
