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infection of Bang's disease, which is very prevalent in cattle and
has of recent years been recorded in human beings and investigated
by the Ministry of Health. The incidence in man, however,
is very small indeed as compared with cattle, in spite of the
widespread dissemination of the infective agent.
Foot and Mouth Disease. No case of foot and mouth
disease occurred in the borough, but on the 9th November, 1937,
owing to the rapid spread of foot and mouth disease in the
surrounding areas, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries made
the Foot and Mouth Disease (Regulation of Movement) Order of
1937, which prohibited the movement of susceptible animals in
the eastern and south-eastern counties.
The spread of the disease was so effectually controlled by
this measure that it was found possible to revoke the Order as
from the 9th December, 1937.
Licences were issued under this Order authorising the movement
in this area of 365 cattle, 833 sheep, and 1,440 pigs, whilst
123 permits were issued for the collection in the controlled area
of slaughter-house refuse for treatment at approved premises, to
which frequent visits of inspection were made.
Foot and Month Disease (Boiling of Animal Foodstuffs) Order
of 1932.
Foot and Mouth Disease (Packing Materials) Orders of 1925-26.
Importation (Raw Tongues) Order of 1913.
Importation of Meat, etc. (Wrapping Materials) Order of 1922.
Movement of Animals (Records) Order of 1925.
Importation of Carcases (Prohibition) Orders of 1926 and, 1927.
Foreign Hay and Straw Orders of 1912-1937.
Disease of Animals (Disinfection) Order of 1936.
Various Orders with respect to importation of animals.
These Orders are designed to prevent the introduction and
spread of foot and mouth and other diseases. Visits of inspection
were frequently made to shops, slaughter-houses, railway sidings,
docks, piggeries, food and other factories, and fat and bone
collectors' premises under these Orders.
In connection with the first of these Orders it is of interest
to record that all swill and waste food from hotels, hospitals, etc.,
must be boiled for one hour before being fed to pigs and, since fat
is detrimental to pigs, care is taken by pig feeders to remove as
much fat as possible from the swill after cooking. This process
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