The New York herald., 1879-02-11
DISEASED CATTLE,


THE COW SHEDS AT BLIssvILLE, L. WORK
OF THE HEALTH AUTHoRITIEs--wHAr PRO-
FEssoR LAW THINKS OF THE BLIssvILLE
SHEDS AND THEIR OCCUPANTS
The investigation by the Brooklyn Board of Health
touching the condition of the COW stables connected
with the distillery of Messrs. GAIT Fleischmann az
Co.. at Blissville Queens county. and the
report thereon by Sanitary Superintendent
Raymond. published in the HERALD of Sun
day. have been instrumental in causing
siderable excitement among the masses in Brooklyn.
From the disclosures officially made it is not ques-
ton of unwholesome milk alone which now disturbs
the thoughts of large proportion of the popula-
tion of the City of Churches. but also to who
among them have probably been buying and eating
diseased meat. With view OF correcting any evil
in this respect which may be found TO exist
the Brooklyn authorities are adopting viger-
Gus measures. u sppssrs thne she Doafd of
Health issues permit or license to milk
dealers to purchase milk in Queens county and to
sell the within the limits of the city of Brook
lyn the dealers certifying to tho fact that the milk
sold by Them to the best Of their knowledge aud be-
lief is pure unadulterated and is from other than
swl fed violation of this permit entails the
cancelling of the license. Accordingly detectives
have beer assigned by the Board of Police
to watch the milk deslers holding such
licenses and ascertain whether their cans
replenished at swill stables. One OF
these detectives has already discovered ten or
twelve violations of this ordinance. Detectives
also busy yesterday trying to trace the disposition
made of the diseased meat from slaughtered cattle at
Blissve, which 1t Is thought has found its way into
the Brooklyn markets. In addition to this the efforts
of the detectives being directed to the task Of
certaininy where the objectionable mix has gone to-
commodities upon the consumers thereof.
WHAT THE PHYSICIANS SAW AT BLrssvILLE
While the authorities Of Kings county are not a,l-
of affairs at Blissve, they have full power to pre-
the deleerous lacteal product OF diseased cows
from being sold in the city of Brooklyn, where
the mortality among children has Of late been un-
usually heavy. Sanitary Superintendent Raymond
has said that on previous visit to the COW stables
he accompanied by Dr. McLane, one Of the con-
sulting veterinary surgeons of the Brooklyn Health
Board they found among the beasts one COW having
temperature OF lot degrees, and evidently suffering
from pleuro pneumonia On their next visit to the
place they say that had disappeared but whether
for the Brooklyn meat market or to secluded place
away from the eyes of the visiting officials they did
not know.
DISEASED CATTLE AT NEW LOIS.
Professor Law, accompanied by Sanitary Superin-
tendent Raymond and DR.. Mclean, veterinary
in the town of New Lots which, it may be stated is
outside of the Brooklyn city limits, and therefore
Health. To HERALD reporter last evening DR..
Raymond said:-"We did not 60 to New Lots to
see whether disease was among the cattle there
had existed there for some time past There are
eight ten large daries at New Lots, of them
having as many as twenty COWS. They are all COM
psratively close together, and the animals when
out grazing on the commons in summer. al mix
has spread among them We know that pieuro-
pneumonia has been in that locality for the past
years, and during the months of August and Sep
fouth 1agfy luna nf fiu,ah
since. Some stables then lost three. four, five
cows aud one, think, lost as many as eighteen. In
that have got entirely well, but those that have
recovered have portions of the lung soldifed. Not
consider the milk of these animals perfectly
wholesome. In the different stables we found
cows affected. some Of them quite badly:
these were being MIXED evidently for market pur-
poses l don't know whether the owners of the
stables suspected mission there not, at all
events met with obstacle to Investigation.
OF course. the question now is What is to be done
with these diseased cattloa and have no doubt that
it will be speedily answered by the Governor. who
has unlimited power under the law OF 1873, to re-
meay the evil ny either ordering the killing OF the
A OUTLOOK.
Professor Law said last night in referring to the
cowsheds in Bssville that the cattle could not
main there more than month before they would be
affected. Zone of the symptoms OF the disease" he
tonary organs being affected in the commencement.
Until the Blissve stables are burned down and the
cattle removed to healthy locality the disease
will continue to spread. and will no doubt cause
serious damage to other stock"
1t is the intention of the professor to make o
thorough examination Of all the stables, wherever
he believe the disease exists in Brook
lyn, New York, Long Island and the surrounding
neighborhood, after which be WILL of course SUBJ
NIT his report to the Governor.
NO BLIssvILLx MILK FOR NRw YORK.
DR.. White of the Board of Health of this city.
had his attention called to disorders among cattle
In Long Island which calculated to
taint the milk sent into New. York. From
the investigation he instituted he learned
that number of cows in and about Blissville were
affected. Accordingly he reported the result of his
inquiries to the Health Board. who have taken mea-
sures to prohibit the importation OF milk from that
quarter.
The cows which were stopped at the Port Morris
Depot coming from Connecticut were again examined
yesterday by Dr. Lantard. and eight Of them. found
to be suffering from pleuro pneumonia. were
slaughtered and sent to the offal dock.