386 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1869. 
cultivation, that causes are brought into operation which will 
suddenly augment the number of cases of rickets. It is not 
unfrequently observed that one lamb of a twin birth is 
rickety, the other being perfectly well. The affection, 
although congenital, is not hereditary. Rickety ewes, 
which had been bought as lambs from heath-land farmers 
and taken into valley farms, are often kept for breeding — the 
range of pasturage over which they travel being both limited 
and fruitful, thus enabling the ewes to keep up their condi- 
tion — and it is not found that their lambs are affected with 
the disease. Even on heath-land farms the same fact has 
been often observed. No breed of sheep seems to be exempt 
from the disease, nor does it matter what may be the age of 
the ewes or of the rams, nor whether the ewes are kept 
exclusively on turnips, or have a supply of manger food. 
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 March, 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 
which 
brought. 
Ports in 
Great Britain 
to which 
brought. 
Disease. 
Number oe Animals affected. 
Disposal. 
Cattle.' Sheep. 
Goats. 
Swine. 
Total. 
Slaughtered by 
Order of Customs. 
Antwerp... 
London ... 
Foot-and- 
Mouth . 
c c c 
35 
35 
35 
„ 
Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
« 
26 
26 
26 
Dort 
London ... 
„ 
8 
8 
8 
Geeste- 
miinde ... 
London ... 
99 
2 
... 
... 
2 
2 
Hamburg . 
London ... 
99 
12 
12 
12 
„ 
Hartlepool 
99 
4 
... 
4 
4 
99 
Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
99 
1 
... 
1 
1 
Total 
27 
61 
88 
88 
“ ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, 
Privy Council Office, Secretary. 
“ Veterinary Department, 14th April, 1870.” 
