SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
647 
Report of the Coimnittee on Sanitary Science and Police .— 
Dr. J. Curtis Micliener (chairman) made the following' report: 
There are several plans of control work concerning tuberculosis 
that have been tried in several States. 
ist. Inspection of all cattle in the State—as in Massachusetts. 
This is being abandoned on account of its unpopularity with the 
farmers and dairymen. 
2d. Inspection here and there as the disease is reported to 
exist. This is without method, and of very limited good. 
3d. Under direction of State Boards of Health, as in 
New York State. It is a health measure concerning people and 
unpopular with farmers. 
4th. Under direction of State Uive Stock Sanitary Boards, 
as in Pennsylvania. 
The State Uive Stock Sanitary Board of Pennsylvania con¬ 
sists of four members—Governor, Secretary of Agriculture, 
Dairy and Food Commissioner, and State Veterinarian—all 
State employees receive no pay for serving on the Sanitary 
Board. The method of work is as follows : 
ist. Application for inspection—which is a contract, bind¬ 
ing the cattle-owner to cooperate in getting rid of the disease 
and the disinfection of premises. 
2d. Inspection done at expense of the State. 
3d. Cattle appraised and killed. 
4th. Premises disinfected. 
All those whose property is becoming consumed by tubercu¬ 
losis can avail themselves of these provisions, and get rid of the 
disease, and receive fair remuneration for cattle found diseased 
and destroyed. Therefore, the work receives the active cooper¬ 
ation of the farmers, and results in much permanent good to the 
State. Disease is being suppressed : in some places rapidly—in 
others slowly, and without interference with the live stock and 
dairy interests. Increased confidence is given to consumers of 
dairy-products as well as meats. The public is being educated 
in the means to be used to prevent the spread of the disease. 
Up to the end of last fiscal year, June i, 1897, expenditures 
for cattle amounted to $43,476.50. Amount paid for inspec¬ 
tions $8291.99. Inspections cost less than 17 per cent. Cattle- 
owners receive 83 cents on every dollar expended for tests and 
for cattle killed. More than 10,000 head have been tested with 
tuberculin. Less than 20 per cent, of these found tuberculous. 
These are herds that were thought infected before tested. 
Many breeding-herds have been put on a sanitary basis. 
