Foot-and-Mouth Disease. 
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the cowsheds of London, the last 
outbreak being on February 20, 
and although the cowsheds in 
London are being visited almost 
daily by a large staff of Veterinary 
Surgeons, up to February 29, no 
further cases have been detected in 
them. It has now been ascertained 
that the disease must have existed 
in the Metropolitan Cattle Market 
on February 1, because not only 
have several of the outbreaks in 
London cowsheds been traced to 
certain animals which were bought 
on that day in the Metropolitan 
Market, but other outbreaks have 
occurred in the counties of Kent, 
Sussex, and Surrey, which are trace- 
able directly or indirectly to the 
movement of cattle out of that 
market on the same day. The out- 
breaks in Kent have occurred at 
Chatham, Kochester, Welling, 
Minster (in the Isle of Sheppey), 
Blane (near Canterbury), Folke- 
stone, and Cheriton (near Folke- 
stone), at which latter place it has 
extended to adjoining farms. In 
Sussex the disease first appeared at 
Cuckfield, near Hayward’s Heath, 
and was traced to certain sheep 
brought from the Metropolitan 
Market to Hayward’s Heath sale 
yard, and subsequently removed to 
Cuckfield, and an outbreak has 
occurred at Partridge Green, which 
is in the neighbourhood of Cuck- 
field. In Surrey the disease first 
appeared in the neighbourhood of 
Croydon, where it has extended to 
other premises, and an outbreak 
has occurred at Ash, which is on the 
borders of Surrey and Hants. One 
outbreak has occurred at Edgware, 
in the county of Middlesex. On 
Saturday a telegram was received 
from Edinburgh stating that the 
disease had appeared in a cowshed 
in that city, but no satisfactory ex- 
planation has been as yet obtained 
as to how the infection was intro- 
duced to these premises. Every 
possible means have been taken by 
the Board to arrest the extension 
of the disease ; in some instances 
the Board, and in other instances 
the Local Authorities, have slaugh- 
tered the animals on the premises 
with a view of stamping it out ; in 
every other cuse strict isolation. 
combined with disinfection of 
persons and all things which had 
been in contact with diseased 
animals, has been rigidly enforced. 
Up to the time of writing (notwith- 
standing the fact that the disease 
must have existed in this country 
since February 1) the measures 
taken by the Board appear to have 
had the effect of confining it to the 
district of London and the counties 
of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, and, 
with the exception of the outbreak 
reported in Edinburgh, nothing has 
been reported North of the Metro- 
politan district. Including the 
cattle which were found affected 
with the disease in the Metro- 
politan Market, twenty-seven out- 
breaks have been reported. Many 
of them, as has been previously 
stated, have been stamped out, and 
the following are the only centres 
in which it is known to exist at the 
present time, viz., at Minster (Isle 
of Sheppey), Folkestone, Cheriton 
and Newin^on, which are near to 
Folkestone, and Blane, near Canter- 
bury, all these places are in the 
county of Kent ; at Partridge Green 
in the county of Sussex ; on prem- 
ises in the neighbourhood of Croy- 
don ; and at Ash, in the county of 
Surrey ; in one cowshed in London ; 
and in another in the city of Edin- 
burgh. The Board has issued 
Orders prohibiting the movement of 
animals out of all these counties ; 
and the holding of all public and 
private sales in the whole of these 
districts (except for immediate 
slaughter) has been stopped. 
Pleuko - PNEUMONIA. — During 
the four weeks ended February 
20, 1892, three fresh outbreaks of 
this disease occurred in Great 
Britain. One of these was in 
London, one in York (West Biding), 
and one in Leith. The number of 
cattle affected with the disease 
slaughtered during the month was 
ten, while 150 healthy cattle ex- 
posed to the risk of infection were 
slaughtered, and also twenty-one 
cattle suspected of being affected, 
but which on post-mortem examina- 
tion were found to be free from it. 
Anthrax. — There have been 
twenty fresh outbreaks of anthrax 
reported in Great Britain in the past 
