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Area Eradication Plan for Tuberculosis in Cattle
One of the methods used to control the spread of tuberculosis is to
eradicate the disease from cows and thus in a year or two eliminate
bovine tuberculosis from Great Britain.
Among the measures to control the spread of tuberculosis in Great
Britain is the scheme designed to eliminate bovine tuberculosis by the
declaration of Tuberculosis Eradication Areas which by 1st March
1960 will cover the whole of the country. Hornsey is part of the Area
declared as a free test area from 1st March 1957 and which will become
an attested area on 1st March 1959. By 1st March 1960 the two final
areas of Great Britain will be declared as Eradication Areas. It is confidently
expected that soon after that date the whole of the country will
have been cleared of tuberculosis in bovines.
In a Free Testing Area the farmers are encouraged to clean up their
herds by free tubercular testing of all the cattle. Reactors may be sold
on the market and if within the two years the herd becomes clear of
tuberculosis it can qualify for entry to the attested herds scheme for
bonus payments of 2d. per gallon for four years and 1d. a gallon for a
further two years or, as an alternative, £2 per head of cattle per year for
four years followed by £1 per year for a further two years.
On the declaration of an Eradication Area all cattle not in supervised
or attested herds are tested compulsorily and reactors slaughtered,
compensation being paid. Farmers owning such herds lose the chance
of bonus payments.
Usually within about six months an Eradication Area becomes free
from tuberculosis and is declared an Attested Area.
Foot and Mouth Disease
Hornsey was declared part of an infected area on 18th November by
The Foot and Mouth Disease (Infected Area) Special Order No. 64
when an outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurred in South Mimms.
Hornsey was excluded from the area on 2nd December and the order
was rescinded on 9th December.
The main effects of the order on Hornsey was to prohibit the movement
of animals from the Borough except under licence granted by a Veterinary
Inspector of a local authority; to prohibit the holding of markets and
sales except under certain limited conditions and under licence.
Animals for the purpose of the order are cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
and deer. Also within five miles of the outbreak cats, dogs and poultry
must be kept under strict control, all stray cats and dogs being collected
by the police.
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