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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1910.
The Council on 1st February, 1910, passed a resolution to the effect that, in its opinion, the Order
of 1907 should be amended so as to provide—
(i.) That the local authority be empowered to collect and destroy infected or suspected
nosebags or other articles not easily capable of disinfection and used in connection with glandered
horses.
(ii.) That the local authority in all cases be empowered to re-test after a period of a month
or six weeks from the first test, a stud of horses in which there has been disease.
(iii.) That the proprietors of horse repositories be required to disclose to the local authority
the name and address of any vendor of a horse if the animal is subsequently found to be glandered
together with the names and addresses of the purchasers of any other animals then sold from the
same stud.
(iv.) That the control of the local authority be maintained over any horse which has been
tested with mallein so long as a definite result is not obtained from the test, provided that such
control should not extend beyond a maximum period of three months.
It was, at the same time, decided to ask the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to amend the
Order of 1907 accordingly, and representations to this effect have been made to the Board.

Compensation amounting to £7,143 19s. 3d. was paid by the Council in respect of horses slaughtered
during the year. 20 infringements of the Order were detected, but in no case were legal proceedings
taken.
The Animals (Notification of Diseases) Order, 1910, which came into operation on 1st April, 1910,
requires veterinary surgeons or veterinary practitioners in private practice to notify the local authority
of any case of pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, sheep-pox, sheep-scab, swine fever, anthrax,
epizootic lymphangitis, or glanders or farcy which may come to their knowledge in the course of their
practice, and provides for the payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. by the local authority in respect of each notification.
The occurrence of the diseases above-mentioned, other than glanders, is rare in London,
and the amount for which the Council will be liable in respect of such fees is likely to be small.
Exportation
of Horses
Order, 1910.
The Board ot Agriculture and Fisheries has issued an Order, known as the Exportation 01 Horses
Order 1910, the object of which is to ensure that no decrepit or injured horse, or any horse intended
for slaughter abroad, shall be shipped from Great Britain to a port in Belgium or the Netherlands without
first being subjected to the inspection of a veterinary inspector of the local authority. The Order
requires that any person intending to ship a horse for conveyance from any port in Great Britain to the
above-mentioned countries shall give notice of his intention to the clerk of the local authority of the
district where the horse is intended to be shipped, or to some person appointed by the local authority
to receive such notices. The notice must state (a) the number of horses intended to be shipped and the
port of shipment; (b) the date and the approximate time at which the horses will arrive at the port of
shipment; (c) the name and address of the owner and of the foreign consignee (if any), and the name of
the port to which the horses are to be shipped ; (d) particulars of the purpose for which the horses are
exported, and whether they are intended to be slaughtered or worked on arrival in the foreign country ;
and (e) the estimated value of each horse.
The Order provides for a veterinary examination of every horse intended to be shipped unless the
local authority is satisfied that such examination is unnecessary, and the veterinary inspector is em
powered to serve a notice prohibiting the shipment of any horse which, in his opinion, cannot undergo
the intended voyage without unnecessary suffering owing to age, infirmity, illness, injury, fatigue or any
other reason. The Order also prohibits the shipment of any horse unless authorised by permit of the local
authority, and the officer granting the permit may label each horse for the purpose of identification.
Heavy penalties are provided for breaches of the Order. The Council is the local authority under the
Order so far as it relates to that part of the river Thames and the docks within the County of London,
excepting the portion within, or abutting on, the City of London. The provisions of the Order will
prevent the shipment of any horse the value of which is below £5, and so possibly put an end to some
of the worst features of the export trade in horses.