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GLANDERS.
In accordance with Article 3 (3) of the Glanders and Farcy, 1907, the Veterinary
Inspector, under the Diseases of Animals Act, notified during the year three cases of
Glanders in horses presented for shipment at the Custom House Quay.
The animals were slaughtered, and the carcases disposed of in the usual manner.
ANTHRAX.
On the 24th May last, one of your Meat Inspectors, while examining Rome pig
carcasses exposed for sale at the Central Meat Market, observed one, which in his
opinion presented lesions suggestive of Anthrax.
Pending definite diagnosis, the carcase was carefully isolated.
Microscopical examination, conducted by your Veterinary Inspector, revealed the
presence of Anthrax bacilli in considerable numbers, and a subsequent examination by
the Assistant Pathologist at the Royal Veterinary College, confirmed this diagnosis, as
also did the result obtained by the Veterinary Inspectors of the Board of Agriculture,
to whom specimens were sent as required by the Anthrax Order, 1910.
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The usual precautionary measures were taken, and everything with which the
carcase had been in contact was disinfected.
The value of the laboratory, recently established, as an adjunct to the Meat
Inspectors' Offices at the Central Meat Market, and the advisability of having available
the services of a scientific advisor, has been demonstrated by this case, in which a
definite diagnosis was made, and the necessary measures taken to prevent any danger
of spread of the infection.
Recent investigations have shown that lesions in pigs, that have succumbed to
Anthrax, may be often so slight as to escape recognition without microscopical
and bacteriological examination.
CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS SCHOOL CHILDREN.
In 1897, the passing of the Cleansing of Persons Act empowered Local
Authorities to bath, disinfect, &c., any person infested with vermin who should apply
to them for relief, and arrangements were made by the Corporation for all cases of this
nature to be dealt with by the City of London Union Authorities, at a fixed charge.
In 1907, this arrangement was extended in order to embrace those children of
London County Council Schools who were found by the Officers of the Council to
be in a verminous condition.
Shortly after this extension the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1907, empowered that body as the Local Education Authority for the County to take
effective measures for dealing with children in a verminous condition attending their