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STATISTICS. 
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE “ KONIG TECHNISCHEN DEPUTA¬ 
TION FUR DAS YETERINARIUESEN ”—ROYAL COMMISSION 
WITH REFERENCE TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF 
INFECTIOUS ANIMAL DISEASES IN PRUSSIA 
FROM APRIL 1,1876, TO MARCH 31, 1877. 
Berlin, Wiegandt Hempel and Parey, 1877. 
Reviewed by Boelinger in Deutsche Zeitschift, fur Tliiermedicin. Vol. 4, Nos. 3 and 4. 
Munchen 15 August , 1878. 
From anthrax have died 34 horses, 1,235 rinder, 1,928 
sheep, and 403 swine. The greatest number of deaths came in 
the hottest and again coldest parts of the year. The number of 
sheep dying from anthrax is in reality much greater, as many 
cases have come to pass, but not properly notified. Anthrax 
appeared mostly in sporadic form ; it acquired the greatest exten¬ 
sion, and the most deaths appeared in the provinces of Posen, 
Schlesia, and those of the Phine. In the district in question the 
number of deaths from anthrax was strikingly diminished after 
careful drainage. In consequence of anthrax infection 33 per¬ 
sons were seriously ill, and seven of the same died. 
The foot and mouth disease did not attain any considerable 
extension. It is officially reported as coming to pass by 11,064 
cattle, 4,809 sheep, 1,904 swine ; from the same died or were ne¬ 
cessarily killed, 46 cattle, 50 sheep, 128 swine. This pest attain¬ 
ed the greatest extension in Schlesia and the eastern provinces. 
The introduction and extension of this pest is due mostly to the 
herds or droves of swine driven over the country, and to the 
markets of large cities, and railroad transportation in improperly 
cleansed wagons. 
From contagiouspleuro-pneumonia (Pleuro-pneumonia erysipe- 
latodes) were reported as diseased 3,121 cattle; of these 253 died, 
2,402 were killed under the veterinary police law, and 462 by 
