, 1889-04-24

ger of conveying the infection to healthy
animals, through the matters given off by
the infected organs.
1t will be subject to two discussions in the
Council.
The Governor introduced the matter it
would no doubt be known to all the Mem
bers Of the Colonial Council thai for some
time a disease has been prevailing among
the cattle on some of the Estates in
E%astcrd. In March, Government received
information of the existence of grave suS-
picions as to several cases of the Malig-
nant Lung Disease; the Government
therefore appointed a Commission consist
ing of the POliCemaSter, the Farrier and 2
planters who had be n long in the Island
and who could be supposed to have eS-
perience of the common diseases occurring
among cattle in the Island; that Commits.
sion was charged to inspect the Estates
on which were found cattle suspected of
suffering from the present disease and as
by these Investigations the suspicious
were corrObOrated, it became necessary to
take further preventive measures. In
Denmark the plan usually followed when
the infectious disease mentioned above
occurs among cattle is to try to suppress
the spread OF the disease by isOlating
completely the infected place and by xii.
ling The animals as fast rs they are found
to be attacked by the disease, and to give
compensation from the public funds to the
owners of such cattle. But under the
circumstances here, there could not we'll
be question Of following that plan, because
it would be next to impossible to isolate
the single infected estates and consequent.
ly if all the cattle infected were to be
killed, there would be a large amount Of
pOOnnlSatinp Uifbout ~ n aJ,Fao Of
a good result, and as on the other hand
it was not likely that the disease here
would be as malignant or as dangerous
as in Europe, it was found sufficient to
prescribe thai the infected district of the
island should so far be isolated from the
rest Of the island that living cattle should
not be allowed to pass from the first to
the last, ami further to continue the i'll
SpeCtlOn OF those estates whore the sick.
ness was supposed to exist. Furthermore
the Farrier was ordered to prepare a dis.
eaSed lung of Il cattle in order to rave it
sent to Copenhagen, to he examined by
the competent Author ties there. To intro.
duce IN Ordinance to prevent contagious
disease among cattle, of about the same
nature as in Denmark, he could not cOnsi-
der necessary at present until at least
we have gained near experience as to how
dangerous lle disease Is. DUG one mtd-
sure is considered necessary at once, and
namely that proposed in the present Draft.
We all know that on Estates in the Guilt.
waited part of the Island carcaSSeS of ami.
mails are buried, simply because it would
otherwise be too diSagreeable. But where
there are only Stock Estates and hence the
district not much populated, the carcaSSeS
of animals are generally not buried, which
is not only disagreeable and unhealthy
but also dangerous to the sanitary state
of the living stock. 1t is now therefore
proposed to add a clause to the Sanitary
Regulations for the Country District, pro-
viding that caTcasSeS must be properly
buried far from dwelling houses, cattle
pens, wells and wafer courses. There
could be no objections to this proposal,
which in itself provides a good thing, and
therefore he would recommend it to the
Council for adoption.
3rd Member for Frederiksted Country
District (Sritzerl said he for one perfectly
agreed to the proposal only one remark
he would beg to make. On estates Situat-
ed along the seaside it has always been the
practice to throw dead animals into the sea;
it would be requisite to decide whether that
method can be considered as equal with
''properly buried" now to be prescribed. In
other words if carcassps are properly burr.
ed when thrown into the sea, or if they
must be put in the earth.
The Governor said any way in which the
aapooCcaS wOui1 no Oronorlv oud Ou;oByIu