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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1869. 
be placed on preventive measures for arresting the disease. 
Restriction of the quantity of green food and the free use of 
cake, and corn, and hay chaff, and the exhibition daily of a 
little salt were strongly advocated. 
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, 1869, 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 
which 
brought. 
Ports in 
Great Britain 
to which 
brought. 
Disease. 
Number of Animals affected. 
Disposal. 
Cattle. 
Sheep. 
Goats. 
Swine. 
Total. 
Slaughtered by 
Order of Customs. 
Antwerp... 
London ... 
Foot-and- 
Mouth . 
1 
30 
31 
31 
ff ••• 
Harwich... 
ff 
2 
2 
2 
Boulogne . 
London ... 
38 
38 
38 
Dunkirk . 
London ... 
ff 
22 
... 
32 
54 
54 
Hamburg . 
London ... 
ff 
31 
31 
31 
» 
Hartlepool 
ff 
4 
i 
5 
5 
,, ... 
Newcastle. 
upon-Tyne 
» 
22 
2 
24 
24 
Harlingen . 
London ... 
„ 
31 
... 
31 
31 
Rotterdam 
London . . 
» 
8 
! 
19 
27 
27 
Total 
118 
! 44 
... 
81 
243 
243 
“ ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, 
Privy Council Office, Secretary. 
“Veterinary Department, 13th January, 1870.” 
