DIPHTHERIA IN PIGS. 
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drained by pipe drains, with inlets not more that 15 ft. apart 
in the principal gutter, and properly trapped. That the 
mangers shall be of stone, and capable of being flushed out. 
That sufficient light be provided. That ventilation be provided 
by louvre openings in the roof and other means, to the satis¬ 
faction of the vestry. That the water supply be abundant. 
That the pavement of the cow-sheds and yards be of stone or 
hard brick, wdth proper slopes, and be kept in good repair. 
2nd.—With regard to all cow-sheds, they recommend that the 
following undertaking be agreed to by each applicant:—That 
the said sheds and yards shall be properly limewashed at 
least four times a year, within fourteen days of the four usual 
quarter days. That the grains shall be kept in pits, with the 
bottom paved with flagstones, and drained. That the dung 
shall be kept in an open yard, in a receptacle not sunken, but 
with a bottom raised above the surface of the ground, and 
enclosed by a dwarf wall, from 2 to 2\ ft. high ; the bottom 
to be paved with flags, with a fall to one end, u r here there 
shall be a trapped drain. That where there is no space in 
the yard, the dung may be kept in a similar receptacle within 
the shed; but that in either case a cover shall be provided 
if required by the vestry. That the dung shall be removed 
daily before 9 a.m.; that it shall be removed entirely, and 
the receptacle be w r ashed out with water, to which the carbolic 
acid, or some other disinfectant, shall be added if required by 
the vestry. That the yards and sheds shall be similarly 
washed twice every day, at the least. That no greengrocer, 
fishmonger, poulterer, or other tradesmen, be allowed to 
bring offal or rubbish, and deposit it in the receptacles for 
dung attached to any cow-shed. That the number of cows 
in any given shed shall not exceed that which is fixed by the 
officers of the vestry, subject to the decision of a magistrate.^ 
Medical Times. 
DIPHTHERIA IN PIGS. 
Several statements having appeared in the public papers 
to the effect that this disease had attacked the pigs in 
an epizootic form in Wiltshire, we have made inquiry 
into the subject, and learn from Mr. Scott, M.R.C.V.S., 
Chippenham, that the malady has been entirely confined to the 
farm where it originally broke out among a lot of fifty^. Mr. 
Scott having kindly forwarded one of the animals to the 
College, it w r as examined post-mortem by Professor Yarnell, 
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