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one required a second visit. Of about 50 new cows there were a few
cases of udder congestion, clearly due to chili. A large number had
skin trouble, the result of severe winter conditions and non-parasitic.
June Report.—The cows were generally in good health. There
were no instances of emaciation and very little coughing. Those
belonging to Anne Street, Thomas Street, Blind Lane and Camel
Road were at pasture. About 50 new cows had come in during the
three months. Two of these had ordinary mastitis. Cases of indu
rated quarters previously noted remained dr}-. Beyond the twoabove
mentioned, there were no cases calling for the withholding of
the milk from sale.
September Report.—There are now no cows at Warmington Street,
Mr. Willis having given up cow-keeping entirely. The cows belonging
to Camel Road, Anne Street, Thomas Street and Blind Lane
were out at pasture. The animals were, in nearly all cases, in good
health and condition. There were a very few instances of simple
acute mastitis, and in these the little milk given could not be mixed
with the other milk without spoiling it. Wherever there was a
"dead" quarter the other sections of the udder were free from any
symptom of tubercle.
December Report.—The cows were generally in excellent health—
a few coughing, but these with no clinical indications, local or general,
of tuberculosis. Cows which carried little flesh were in all cases
heavy milkers with sound udders. Three cases in new cows of
inflamed quarters were clearly due to chills, and satisfactory
assurances were given that the small quantity of milk yielded was
not mixed with the bulk.
RICHARD GLOVER, F.R.C.V.S.
Chief Occupations of Inhabitants.—West Ham is a
typical industrial Borough. Large factories abound on the river
frontages west and south, railway works employing thousands of
regular hands are located in the north, and large docks—the staple