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STATISTICS. 
As to dispersion, the disease comes to pass in— 
1st quarter in 262 different localities, in which died 329 cattle. 
2d 
U 
“ 410 
u 
cc 
cc 
439 
3d 
cc 
‘‘ 213 
CC 
cc 
cc 
tsT 
co 
Ox 
4th 
cc 
“ 171 
cc 
cc 
cc 
2 10 
Total. . 
Tims showing the sporadic character of the disease. Nothing 
new with reference to its fetiology has been developed ; in many 
places the disease is stationary. Eighteen cases of infectio n of 
human beings are reported, of whom nine died. 
4 he foot and mouth disease is reported as having been con¬ 
stituted by 18,589 cattle, 2,495 sheep, 2,047 swine. Nothing of 
any great importance need be added to the abstract of the first 
year’s report, printed in December Review, with reference to seti 
ology and manner of extension. The disease is reported as having 
come to pass in three localities among men, from using uncooked 
milk from deceased cattle. 
From contagiouspleuro-pneumonia are reported as having been 
diseased 1,932 cattle, of which 71 died; 1,662 were killed by the 
veterinary authorities, and 247 by owners; a comparison of these 
figures with those of last report shows the number reported as 
deceased to be 1,189, as peremptorily killed 740, and as killed by 
owners 215 less. This favorable decrease in the extension of this 
disease finds its explanation in the more exact execution of the 
law requiring the immediate slaughter of all deceased animals. 
This disease prevailed to a marked degree in JSTagdelburg and 
Merseberg , regions where inoculation is much more extensively 
practiced than in other parts of Prussia. As remuneration for 
peremptorily slaughtered cattle the State paid out the sum of 
287,937 marks (four marks to the dollar), against 344,808 of the 
last year. This sum is not paid direct from the State funds, but 
in each district there is an assessment on each head of cattle from 
which these losses are paid. The chief moment to the extension of 
the disease is to be sought in the introduction and sale of appar¬ 
ently corivalescent animals into different localities. 
From glanders [malleus) 2,953 are reported as diseased ; 
