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GLANDERS.
In Part VI. (Legislation) of the Annual Report for 1907 the London
Order of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, dated 12th September, 1907,
as to the Notification of Glanders in Horses was quoted, and also the
Regulations of the London County Council thereunder.
In Part III. (Infectious Diseases) of the same Annual Report paragraphs
relating to human glanders were quoted, and it was explained that in future,
by the Order, a Veterinary Inspector must report the existence of glanders to
the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough as well as to the County
Council.
During the year 1911 the Veterinary Inspector reportes 5 outbreaks of
glanders in horses in various stables in the Borough.

The number of cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital in
each week of the year were as stated in the attached table,