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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (INFECTED AREAS)
SPECIAL ORDER NO. 23, 1960.-Notice was received under
the Foot and Mouth Disease Order of 1938 specifying an area
in the north and west of London as an infected area in accordance
with the requirements of Article 7 of the Animals (Miscellaneous
Provisions)Order of 1927. Personal notice of this
Order was served on all known animal owners affected by it.
THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (CONTROLLED
AREAS) SPECIAL ORDER NO. 1, I960. - The Minister of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 7th November, 1960
declared an area covering the whole of Essex including Ilford,
as a controlled area for the purpose of preventing the spread
of foot and mouth disease.
THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (INFECTED
AREAS) SPECIAL ORDER NO. 78, 1960.-On 24th November
an area which included Ilford was declared to be an infected
area.
Another Special Order, No. 95, made on 2nd December,
declared an area mainly of parts of Norfolk, and
East and West Suffolk, to be an infected area. As traders
inllford might possibly deal with stock in this area, notices
were likewise served on interested parties.
On 26th November the Ministry declared an area
scheduled in the Special Order No. 9, including the Borough
of Ilford, to be a controlled area for the purposes of the
Order 95.
On 10th December under this Order a licence was
issued to the Secretary of the King George Hospital Pig
Club, Eastern Avenue, Ilford, permitting the removal of 5
large white pigs from the hospital piggeries to slaughterhouse
in Laindon, Essex.
The Foot and Mouth Disease (Infected Areas) Special
Order No. 10, 1960, declared that the Order No. 9 of 1960,
which included Ilford, was to cease to be a controlled area
on 11th December, 1960.
The Foot and Mouth Disease (Infected Areas) Special
Order No. 101, 1960, was amended to exclude, among other
districts the Borough of Ilford from the effects of the Order
No. 78.