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Number of Convalescent Patients admitted into the
Contact Shelter at various periods from 1903-1908.
January to September, 1903, 101 Patients.
Average number of days in Shelter per Patient, 27½.
August, 1904 to February, 1905, 138 Patients.
Average number of days in Shelter per Patient, 19.
October, 1905 to March, 1906, 141 Patients.
Average number of days in Shelter per Patient, 27½.
Year ending March, 1906-7, 282 Patients.
Average number of days in Shelter per Patient, 28.
Year ending March, 1907-8, 237 Patients.
Average number of days in Shelter per Patient, 31.
Examination of Dairy Cows in the Borough for Tuberculosis
of the Udder. Veterinary Surgeon's Report.
Three hundred and thirty-one cows have been examined. In only
one case was the udder distinctly tuberculous. It was arranged to
remove the cow from the shed at once for slaughter; the general
bodily condition being good and the disease apparently strictly
localised. Four rather doubtful cases of indurated glands have been
reserved for later inspection and will be reported on again if necessary.
In the other cases of induration the aflected quarters were giving
no milk. The few instances of sore teats were innocent congestive
eruptions or abrasions. There was not a single case of acute mastitis,
a curious exemption.
Except for some coughing, both in the warm and cold sheds, the
cows were in generally excellent health. There were none ill-nourished
or emaciated.