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Rotherhithe 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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during the time any diseased animal remains in such stable, building, field or
other place; nor until the regulations of the Council as to cleansing and
disinfection have been complied with by the owner, lessee, or occupier there of,
8. Fodder, litter or any other thing that has been in contact with, or used for or
about any diseased or suspected animal, shall not be taken out of any stable,
building, field or other place until it has been disinfected to the satisfaction of one
of the Council's Inspectors, and until a license for the removal thereof has been
granted by the Council pursuant to Article 18 of the Glanders or Farcy Order of
1892.
As to Cleansing and Disinfection in Glanders or Farcy.
9. Every place in which a diseased or suspected animal has been kept, shall
immediately after the removal of such animal or the carcase there of, be swept out,
and all litter, dung or other thing that has been in contact with or used about
any such animal shall be disinfected by being thoroughly mixed with quicklime.
10. Every part of such place, and every manger, feeding trough, and other thing
used for or about any diseased or suspected animal, or with which such animal or
its droppings, or any discharge from the mouth or nostrils thereof may have come
in contact, shall be as far as practicable thoroughly washed with water, and
scrubbed or scoured, and shall also be disinfected by being thoroughly washed with
hot water containing at least one pint of carbolic acid to each gallon of water,
11. Every place in which a diseased or suspected animal has been kept, shall within
48 hours of the time when such place has been cleansed and disinfected as
provided in regulations 9 and 10, be washed over with limewash made immediately
before use of freshly burnt lime and water, and containing in each gallon of
limewash at least four ounces of chloride of lime or half a pint of carbolic acid.
12. The cleansing and disinfection of places, utensils, and other things shall be
executed by and at the expense of the owner, lessee, or occupier of the premises.
13. A vehicle in which a diseased or suspected animal or carcase has been conveyed
shall immediately after use be cleansed and disinfected in the following manner:—
(a) The interior of such vehicle shall be effectually cleansed by the application
of steam to all parts thereof,