Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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disinfected in pursuance of these regulations shall be so cleansed and
disinfected at the expense of the owner, lessee or occupier thereof.
"7. Litter used for or about any diseased animal shall forthwith,
after such use, be sprinkled with one of the disinfectants prescribed in
Regulation 5, and at once removed by the owner from contact with any
other animal.
"8. Fodder, litter or any other thing that has been in contact with
or used for or about any diseased animal shall not be taken out of any
stable, building, field or other place until a veterinary inspector of the
Council has certified that such fodder, litter or any other thing has
been disinfected, and until a license has, when necessary, been granted
by the Council, pursuant to Article 15 of the Glanders or Farcy Order
of 1907.
"9. The carcase of a diseased animal, and of every animal
slaughtered under the Glanders or Farcy Order of 1907, shall not be
moved except under a licence granted by a veterinary inspector of the
Council."
Throughout these regulations "animal" means a horse, ass or mule;
"glanders" includes farcy; "Council" means the London County
Council; and all other words have the same meaning as in the Glanders
or Farcy Order of 1907.
"Any person guilty of an offence against the foregoing Regulations
is liable to a penalty of twenty pounds."