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horses suffering from glanders and farcy. You arc possibly aware that when an
inquiry was addressed to Her Majesty's Government respecting the increase of the
disease in March last, it was officially stated by one of the Under Secretaries of State
in the House of Commons, that this increase was more apparent than real, being
probably attributable to greater activity on the part of local authorities in prosecuting
persons under the Contagious Disease (Animals) Act. but in view of the statement
contained in your letter, that it is officially within the knowledge of your Board that
glanders has lately been spreading in the Metropolis, the Committee of the Association
have, since the receipt of that letter, increased the flow of wafer through their troughs,
which they believe to be the most effectual way of still further minimising the risk.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) JOHN LEE,
General Manager and Secretary.
Spring Gardens, S.W.,
December 2<)th, 1880.
Sir,
The Board has considered your letter of the 9th instant, containing the reply
which the Committee of your Association has been good enough to make to the
communication made by the Board with reference to the desirability of measures being
taken to prevent the possibility of the spread of glanders among horses through the
medium of the public drinking troughs provided by the Association. In the Memorandum
which accompanied your letter it is, I observe, stated that a stream of fresh
water is continually running through the troughs, and that they arc constantly
inspected and cleansed by men specially employed for the purpose.
The Board is glad to find that, as it expccted, the desirability of taking
precautions against the drinking troughs being a means of spreading disease has
been recognised by your Association, and that measures have been taken for that
purpose. The Board now desires to suggest for the consideration of the Association