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St Pancras 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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(b) A 5 percent, (minimum) solution of carbolic acid (containing
not less than 95 per cent, of actual carbolic acid) followed by a thorough
sprinkling with limewash; or
(c) A disinfectant equal in disinfective efficiency to the abovementioned
solution of carbolic acid, followed by a thorough sprinkling
with limewash.
6.— All places, utensils, mangers, feeding troughs, pens, hurdles, or other
things, van, carts, or other vehicles required to be cleansed and 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.
As to disposal of carcases.
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
license granted by a Veterinary Inspector of the Council.
10.—These Regulations shall take effect and be in force on and after the
1st day of January, 1908.
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.
County Ilall,
Spring Gardens, S.W.
29th November, 1907.
N.B.—Any person guilty of an offence against the foregoing Regulations is liable
to a penalty of twenty pounds.
G. L. Gomme,
Clerk of the London County Council.