The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-12
THE HEALTH BOARD ACTIVE.
EXAMINING INTO THE IMPORTATION
or DISEASED CATTLE
A Hero from Connecticut In,pounded and the
Diseased Cattle to he Kiiicd-Gnn. Fieisch-
man a. Co.'S stable Placed In Quarantine.

VT OhnfsdobD O-iA
A Hero from Connecticut InpOunded and the
Diseased Cattle to he KtIlcd-Gnn. Fieisch-
man a. Co.'S stable Placed In Quarantine.
The British Vice-Consul-G General said yes
terday that he could officially give no inform0-
ton tending to clear up the conflicting state
ments as to the position Of England on tho live
cattle question, yet he believed that the cable
despatch received by Daniel Toffey 4 Co. gives
correct view Of the situation The despatch
confirmed the statement that the Privy Council
has ordered that after March 3. 1879. article 10
OF the Foreign Animals order be revoked so
far as the United States is concerned. Under
article 10 American cattle have hitherto been
landed without slaughter or quarantine.
Cattle dealers here say that the order will be
serious detriment to the shipment OF live cattle.
because English butchers want to buy their cat
tle alive and kill them themselves. II killed on
the dock the meat goes 10 the markets in the
same class with meat that has been killed in
America and sent over in reirigerators. Tho
difference In price Is from three to four pence
pound. All cattle from the United States after
March will be slaughtered in abattoirs now
being prepared on the dock estates Of Birken-
head and Liverpool within ten days after land
ing.
Tho trade must go on. the vice-Consul said,
rs the great majority Of the people in England
desired IT, They must have rs cheap food rs
they can get. and there can be no objection TO
this commerce 50 long as the meat is whole-
some and the cattle free from disease.
The order Of the Privy Council will probably
not apply to Canada as no pleuro- pneumonia
has been discQ2yered there. The cattle that
| come from the Western states. too, seem TO be
healthy. The dlsease is confined to the East
The Board Of Health considered Yesterday.
| the recent importation from Connecticut 6f
number Of cows affected with the contagion Of
| epizootic pleuro- pneumonia. Tho report Of the
SANITARY Suugrlutpulput SET forth that Assistant
| Sanitary Inspector John L. Camfort was direct
ed to watch for the arrival OF the cows, and met
| them at the depot Of the Port Chester branch Of
| the \. Y. aud ~ II. Railroad ut O'Clock A. VI.
| on the Sth inst. The herd was driven to tho
| Morrisania pound. whore they were examined.
and their dangerous condition decided upon.
| The Sanitary Committee then ordered the dis
eaSeu cows 70 pe kllicu, anu tiie chrct-ses 70 be
| delivered at the onal dock. The report recon-
mended that the cows not yet affected with the
| disease. but which have travelled with tho herd.
| should also be slaughtered.
DIR. Lautard described the cows rs he found
them on Monday after they had reached the
| pound. Seven Of the herd showed we'll marked
| symptoms OF the disease. The remaining four
were apparently we'll Their exposure TO the
| coniAgon made 1t necessary FOR them 10 be
strictly quarnntined; but in "a visit TO the ami
mails yesterday, the Doctor reports that another
OF them has shown symptoms Of the disease.
and that they are well defined. The three yet
| remaining OF the herd are kept carefully apart
from her, but. in the opinion of the Doctor. they
| are rapidly developing the disease.
NIhe previous history OF the herd Is given in
| the affidavit Of Theodore ;. Gold. the Connecti-
| cut Commissioner, He visited the herd at the
| iarm OF Curtis Judson IN MatertOwn on Jan. II.
| He asccrtained that there had been sickness
| among the cows since the previous October
| The disease was thought TO have been COM
| municAted by an animal sent from this city
| There were nineteen in the herd originally
and one was killed for the purpose OF u post
mortem examination, which disclosed pathO-
| logical evidences OF pleuro- pneumonia. Another
| COW has since died. and II Is supposed that rs
| only eleven were sent 10 this city the two re-
naming must be too SICK 70 be removed. MIR.
| Colds affidavit identified the cows quarautined
in Morrisania as OF the herd that he had seen
Tho affidavit OF Jacob Hecht Of 1O5 Attorney
street, dealer in milch cows, says that he has
| had business experience OF fifteen years with
curtis Judson, the owner OF the Grumercy Park
| Hotel. who also keeps a dairy farm al Water
| town. Conn. About three weeks ago Judson
sent FOR him and offered to sell him his entire
herd rs he inteuted 10 break up mis- dairy. The
reason given WAS that the Connecticut uuthOrl-
| ties would not permit him 10 send his milk 10
| New York. There had been. he said, sickness
IN the hord and he had lost a few COWS. the dis
ease coming. Hs he thought. from one ~ the
| animals bought in the lnst lot OF Hecht. Hecht
| declined y puy. Al the end of a week the cows
being still unsold Hecht told Judson that he
| thought he could find him purchaser. Mr..
Judson reported that the animals were doing
| well. but Hecht said that +. II. Hyde. a Com
missioner OF Agriculture 81 the State of Conuec-
ticut. was in the city and he would ask him
about them Mr.. Hyde tod him that they were
all right. He introduced Storm 10 Mr. JudsOu
and the sale followed the meeting arranged by
him. Hecht says that lac had no interest in iho
sale. stern buying solely On his own nccount.
49, tN'tN''t' Nl'A'A fths Att'
action " the Sanitary Committee ia directing
the killing of the seven diseased COWS. order
ing tho remaining cows of the herd sick Of
pleuro- pneumonia 10 be Killed and delivered TO
the o1al contractor. and directing the arrest ~
the persons who brought or caused TO be
brought INTO TINS city the cattle reported upon
by Dr. Liautard. that were and are iu diseased
condition. and unfit for use for human food.
The Board Of Health also received "a report on
tho condition Of the cow stables Attachei H. the
distillery Of Gan. Fleischmann n Co.. in Bliss
lille l.. L. giving the result Of an ius uectlOu by
lr. lluLtuTl md SANITARY lusnAefIr MIift.
The report agrees with that recently made by
DR.. Raymond Of Tho Brooklyn Health Depart
mentwlth the addition OF the conclusions Ol Or.
Liautard in reference 10 the pres of pl, uro-
pneumonia there. The Doctor says that from a
careful examination h0 IL certain that the ami
mas III lhrse stiolts pfouucc nlllk tAat is unit
for human food, on account OF the symptoms
seen III me cows a. well rs ON account of their
SURROUNDINGS ana mode oi feeding. Coy. Rob-
lnson last evening signed an order directing
the shorln OF Queens County 10 place this stable
in quaruntine.
Dr. Whites report upon the sanitary con-
dluOn OF the stables. without reference TO tho
now disense describes them ms three lour
wooden sheds. in which crowded IN narrow
stalls. tied by rope burcly long enough to per-
mt u reclining posture, or 10 eat steauiluE and
were 700 COWS. lie was told that the premises
Afforded accommodations for 800. He could
hot walk across NE dldlrreht stables without
pelng spauered with uth, The prevailing
feature of the whole esuOshmeut' he says.
was economy OF space, without tho slight ~
regard TO the comfort or health OF those wretch
ed creatures" lie concludes: " turned my
back upon this disgusting establishment with "A
sense oi unuurrable replulng that So manifest
source OF disease aud death should br tolerated,
and above all, that the very community upOn
which II chiefly depends ior support should ho
powerless IN supprcsslng H.
The Connecticut COW which was TO have been
slaughtered and dssocted M the American
Veterinary College in West Filty-iourh street,
yesterday, did not arrive NJ that institution until
late In the afternoon. She was taken from the
Morrsnnia pound yesterday morning. and
while on her way down broke her halter and
escaped. She VIII be Killed ana dls-ccttI al
T. NJ. to-day She is in an acute stage of the
disease. although There Is external indication
OF sickness, and she cats ana ags nkcuwlld
animal. The lungs Will bc preserved
BESTOUING THE BILLIIRD PRIZES.