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of each Inspector, and no Sanitary Authority would be wise
to seize and destroy, for example, whole carcases of pork in which
there were some sign of old localised tuberculosis. But if the
throat glands are affected, it is not carrying out the instructions of
the Local Government Board merely to cut off the head and pass
the carcase—yet this is, I am informed, the practice in some places
in the United Kingdom. I venture to submit that this matter and
the practice of stripping carcases of their superficial glands, so
that signs of disease are removed, call for the early attention of the
Local Government Board.
In Finsbury we make it our invariable rule to follow the recommendations
of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis, as printed
above.
Unsound Rabbits.—During the last few years we have
confiscated a large number of unsound rabbits. In 1901 the total
reached 16,950; in 1902, 871; in 1903, 1,728; and in 1904, 2,597.
In the present year we have also confiscated 1,404. In November
some similar rabbits were seize in another district of the metropolis,
as it was believed that they were affected with a serious
infective disease. It seemed, therefore, desirable that some of the
rabbits confiscated by us as merely unsound from the same consignment
should be submitted to careful examination. Two rabbits
were therefore sent to Mr. A. G. R. Foulerton, F.R.C.S., D.P.H.,
the Director of the Bacteriological Department, Middlesex Hospital,
London. His report was received as follows:—
Bacteriological and Public Health Department,
The Middlesex Hospital,
London, W.
21th November, 1905.
REPORT on changes found in two " imported" rabbits received
from Dr. Newman on 7th and 11th November respectively.
The carcases contained the lungs, heart, liver and kidneys,
except that in the rabbit received first the left kidney had been
removed.
The appearances with regard to the abnormal conditions
were the same in both animals, the surface of the liver, the