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§ 4—BY-LAWS.
The London County Council issued revised By-laws with regard to Offensive
Businesses, which were approved by the Local Government Board in
November.
§ 5—REGULATIONS.
COUNTY OF LONDON.
Diseases of Animals Acts, and the Glanders or Farcy Order of 1907.
Regulations as to Glanders or Farcy.
In pursuance of Articles 11, 12 and 17 of the Glanders or Farcy Order of
1907, the London County Council, being the Local Authority for the County
of London (exclusive of the City of London), on 29th November, 1907, made
the following Regulations, which Regulations supersede those made by the
Council on 17th March, 1893:—
As to the marking of diseased and suspected animals.
1.—A diseased animal shall be conspicuously marked by or under the
direction of a Veterinary Inspector of the Council with the word " glandered,"
and with a number, and no person shall remove, deface, or in any way obliterate
such mark.
2.—A suspected animal shall be conspicuously marked by or under the
direction of a Veterinary Inspector of the Council with the words "suspected
of glanders," and with a number, and no person, shall remove, deface, or in
any way obliterate such mark.
As to cleansing and disinfection.
3.—All places used by a diseased animal, and all utensils, mangers, feeding
troughs, pens, hurdles, or other things used for or about any diseased animal,
shall forthwith, after such use, be sprinkled with one of the disinfectants
prescribed in Regulation 5, and afterwards washed with water and scrubbed or
scoured, and then thoroughly disinfected.
4.—Every van, cart, or other vehicle which has been used for carrying any
diseased animal on land otherwise than on a railway shall immediately after
each occasion of such use be cleansed and disinfected in the following
manner:—
(a) The interior of such vehicle shall be effectually cleansed by the
application of steam to all parts thereof.
(b) The interior of such vehicle shall then be thoroughly washed
with water containing one of the disinfectants prescribed in Regulation 5.
5.—Every place or thing or vehicle required by these Regulations to be
disinfected shall be thoroughly coated or washed with—
(a) A 1 percent, (minimum) solution of chloride of lime containing
not less than 30 per cent, of available chlorine, or