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danger to those handling them unskilfully, the Council issued in 
August last a leaflet summarising important facts from the article 
by Professors Brown and McFadyean in Part II. of the Journal for 
1894, and giving simple directions for the effective disposal of the 
carcases of animals which have died from this disease. 
19 . In the last report allusion was made to the success which 
had attended the efforts of the Board of Agriculture to stamp out 
Pleuro-pneumonia, only eight outbreaks having occurred in the 
course of the year (1893) as compared with thirty-five in 1892 and 
192 in 1891. The record of this year is still more satisfactory, as 
only two outbreaks were reported — one in May, in Kent, near 
Margate, and a second at Hendon in July. In each case the 
slaughter of the infected herd arrested the further progress of the 
disease. Swine Fever has continued to prevail in various parts of 
the kingdom, in spite of the measures which have been applied for 
its repression. Recently, however, there has been a considerable 
decrease in the number of outbreaks in Great Britain. An outbreak 
of Foot-and-Mouth Disease was reported in the last week of October 
in a small herd of cattle on a marsh at Rainham, Essex. All the 
animals were immediately slaughtered and buried, and other pre- 
cautions were adopted. Since then tw r o outbreaks have occurred — - 
one in Cambridgeshire and one near Sittingbourne, Kent. In both 
cases the precautions adopted were successful in arresting the spread 
of the disease. The restrictions on the movement and sale of animals 
have been removed, except in small areas round the infected places. 
The Council regret to observe that a considerable number of cases 
of Rabies have been reported in Lancashire and Yorkshire (West 
Riding). 
20 . In the Department of Comparative Pathology and Bacterio- 
logy, established at the Royal Y eterinary College by the aid of a grant 
from the Society, the work in the Research Laboratory has taken 
a wide range, including investigations on Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, 
Anthrax, Swine Fever, and allied diseases of swine, Ring-worm in 
calves, diseases of the joints of foals, and the use of Mallein and 
Tuberculin for the detection of Glanders and Tubercle in the earliest 
stage. The further experiments which have been made have 
materially strengthened the evidence in favour of both agents as 
aids to diagnosis in doubtful cases of disease. On all these subjects 
articles have appeared in, or are being prepared for, the Society’s 
J ournal. 
21 . The number of samples sent to the Consulting Chemist by 
Members of the Society during the past seven months has been 506, 
making a total for the twelve months, December 1, 1893, to No- 
vember 30, 1894, of 1,148. Although the Fertilisers and Feeding 
Stuffs Act has now been in force for nearly a year, the Chemical 
Committee have reason to believe that but few samples have 
been sent for analysis under it, and that the advantages which 
this Society offers to its Members, together with the simpler pro- 
