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special way (provided for by the Order) and notice given to the
Inspector when it is to be killed, so that the carcase and viscera
can be examined.
Before a License is issued for pigs to be brought into the
area, declarations have to be made, and countersigned by the
Chief Constable of the District from where the pigs are being
removed, as to their being free from disease, and not having been
in contact with an infected animal.
During the year 1907, 28 declarations have been made
affecting 340 pigs, and 130 Licenses have been issued for moving
726 pigs in and out of the Borough.
Glandered Horses.—There have been three outbreaks of
Glanders during the year, necessitating the slaughter of four
horses, the carcases being subsequently cremated in the Council's
Destructor, the buildings and mews being disinfected and stable
utensils destroyed. The origin could not be ascertained in any one
of these cases, beyond that it was the practice of the owners to
permit the horses to drink from public water troughs. Compensation
was paid by the Council, in accordance with the
Glanders and Farcy Order, where in the opinion of the Public
Health Committee there was a legal claim.
Dogs' Home.—1121 stray and lost dogs have been picked up
by the police in the streets within the Borough of East Ham
during the year 1907. Of this number 1,008 have been painlessly
destroyed in the Lethal Chamber and the carcases cremated, 85
dogs have been sold and 28 returned to their owners. The
following is the total number of animals killed and destroyed
during the year:—
Dogs 1,008
Horses 4
Cats 2
Donkeys 2
Pigs 28
1,024