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uniformity of action on the part of the local authority in the 
several counties of Great Britain. Until more energy is dis- 
played, and efficient inspectors appointed throughout the 
country, we cannot hope for much improvement in the present 
state of things. Foot and mouth disease exists in fifty-six 
counties, and pleuro-pneumonia in forty-two. The former 
had 862 centres of infection at the middle of the month, and 
the latter 124. Out of 208 animals suffering from pleuro- 
pneumonia during the week ending May 14th, thirty-nine are 
reported to have been killed, and twenty-one to have died. 
In the dairies of our large towns, and especially in the metro- 
polis, numerous cases occur which are never seen by the 
inspectors, the animals being got rid of at a time and in a 
manner best suited to the owner. It cannot be said that 
lung-diseased cows find their way, even when in a dying con- 
dition, to the knackeries, except in very rare instances. They 
have a value far too great for this in the estimation of the 
low-class butcher and the sausage maker. 
RABIES IN LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. 
From the accounts which have reached us, it appears that 
cases of rabies still continue to occur at short intervals in 
many parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire, more particularly 
in the latter county, where several persons are reported to 
have been recently bitten by rabid dogs. Much alarm pre- 
vails in consequence of the prevalence of the malady, especially 
in many of the towns of the North Riding. Our readers 
will remember that in the March number of our Journal a 
record of four cases of rabies in cattle was given by Mr. 
Worthington, M.R.C.Y.S., Wigan, which occurred as far 
back as November and December, 1869. The facts show 
that no abatement of this horrible disease has since taken 
place, and we fear that, unless some energetic means are 
adopted for its extermination, we shall experience a still 
further extension of it among all classes of animals. The 
question as to whether rabies can be propagated by the 
herbivora may still be a moot one ; but it should be borne in 
mind that experiments of inoculation with the saliva of rabid 
sheep have shown that the malady can be thus communicated 
to rabbits. 
Continental investigators are also fully satisfied that the 
activity of the virus remains after it has passed through the 
system of herbivorous animals. 
