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The Inspector on duty at these Slaughterhouses examined the carcase, and,
suspecting Anthrax, communicated with the Veterinary Surgeon, who inspected the
carcase the next day, and agreed with the opinion of the Inspector. Confirmatory
diagnosis was subsequently received from the Board of Agriculture.
Special precautions, necessitated by the bleeding of the animal in a public
thoroughfare, were carried out, as were also the customary ones taken in all cases of
Anthrax. The carcase was burnt.
GLANDERS.
In accordance with Article 3 (3) of the Glanders and Farcy Order, 1907, the
Veterinary Inspector under the Diseases of Animals Acts, has notified two cases of
Glanders, one in a horse presented for shipment at Custom House Quay on the 5th
April, 1913, and the other in a horse, the property of a firm in the City.
The animals were slaughtered, and the carcases burnt, every precaution being
taken to prevent contagion.
EXAMINATION FOR PATHOGENIC BACTERIA.
Any medical practitioner desiring examinations of specimens for Pathogenic
Bacteria in cases of suspected infectious disease occurring amongst their patients residing
in the City, should forward them to the Medical Officer of Health at the Guildhall.
Arrangements have been made for free examination, and the results obtained are
communicated as speedily as possible.
During the year, the following specimens were so dealt with. It will be seen that
positive results were obtained in 56.2 per cent. of these cases.
Result—
Specimen. Disease suspected. Positive. Negative.
Six specimens of Sputum Tuberculosis 3 3
Nine Throat Swabbings Diphtheria 6 3
One specimen of Blood Enteric Fever . 1
EXAMINATION OF MILK FOR TUBERCULOSIS AND
CONDITION AS TO CLEANLINESS.
One of the duties of the staff of the Public Health Department is to supervise
the food supply of the City, and with this object in view, an investigation has recently
been made into the condition of milk arriving at various railway stations in the City.
The three main objects in such an enquiry are :—
(а) To ascertain whether the milk is received in a cleanly condition.
(b) To ascertain whether the milk is free from pathogenic bacteria, the
chief of which in this instance is the bacillus of tubercle.
(c) To ascertain whether the milk has been diluted, or the cream
abstracted.