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THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1869. 
“ Return of the Number of Foreign Animals brought 
by Sea to Ports in Great Britain, which on inspection on 
landing, within the Month of December, 1870, have been 
found to be affected with any Contagious or Infectious 
Disease, specifying the Disease, and the Ports from which, 
and to which, such Animals were brought, and the mode in 
which such Animals have been disposed of. 
Foreign 
ports from 
Ports in 
Great Britain 
Disease. 
Number or Animals aeeected. 
Disposal. 
which 
brought. 
to which 
brought. 
Cattle. 
Sheep. 
Goats. 
Swine. 
Total. 
Slaughtered by 
Order of Customs, 
Antwerp . 
London 
Foot-and- 
Mouth 
38 
28 
66 
66 
99 
” 
Sheep- 
scab 
2 
2 
2 
Bremen . 
- 
Foot-and- 
Mouth 
43 
43 
43 
99 
Geeste- 
99 
Sheep- 
scab 
198 
198 
198 
munde . 
99 
Foot-and- 
Mouth 
5 
5 
5 
99 
99 
Sheep- 
scab 
73 
73 
73 
Hamburg . 
99 
6 
6 
6 
99 
Middles- 
borough 
99 . 
1 
1 
1 
99 
Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Foot-and- 
Mouth 
2 
2 
2 
Rotterdam 
London 
Pleuro- 
pneu- 
monia 
1 
1 
1 
99 
” 
Foot-and- 
Mouth 
46 
46 
46 
Total . 
Pleuro- 
pneu- 
monia 
1 
... 
1 
1 
99 
Foot-and- 
Mouth 
2 
38 
122 
162 
162 
* * 
Sheep- 
scab 
• . . 
280 
280 
280 
Total 
• 
3 
318 
122 
443 
443 
“ ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, 
“ Privy Council Office, Secretary. 
“Veterinary Department, 12th January, 1871.” 
