PREVENTION OP SPREAD OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 799 
that cattle belonging to one of these persons had occasionally 
broken over the fence, got among the diseased animals, 
been inside the infected buildings, and afterwards been driven 
away to fairs ! I need hardly say that pleuro-pneumonia has 
since spread in the neighbourhood of this farm where such 
a reckless course has been pursued. 
SUGGESTIONS FOR PREVENTING THE EXTEN- 
SION OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 
By “ A Member of the Edinburgh Veterinary 
College.” 
The getting rid of the foot and mouth disease and securing 
the country against future visitations, is a matter which has 
recently forced itself on my attention, and I now beg to send 
you the following suggestions as they have presented them- 
selves to my mind : 
1. Stop immediately in and near the infected districts all 
fairs, cattle auctions, and cattle shows. 
2 . Let no animals be moved on public highways between 
sunsot and sunrise, or at any other times, without a license. 
By the term “ animals 55 I mean cattle, pigs, sheep, and 
goats. These regulations only to be put in force when the 
disease is very prevalent in a district. 
3. No animals to be moved from infected premises, except 
they be healthy and for immediate slaughter. The slaughter- 
ing should take place within a reasonable distance of the 
infected premises, in the presence of a policeman or his 
deputy, and within sixteen hours after the license is given. 
4. All animals imported from Ireland, or the Continent, to 
be kept in quarantine for at least seven days after landing, or 
be slaughtered 3 except they be officially certified not to have 
come from infected districts. 
5. Railway trucks to be properly cleansed and disinfected 
every time they are used, and cattle pens and yards daily. 
All manure, litter, &c., to be destroyed or buried with quick- 
lime. 
6. Each county to be divided into convenient districts, and 
a chief inspector appointed, who might be the chief con- 
stable. Each district to have a veterinary inspector, and one 
or more sub-inspectors, who might be policemen. 
7 . In case of an outbreak of disease the occupier of the 
premises on which it occurs should be obliged to send notice! 
