The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-20
Horse Owners in This City
Worried Over the Rapid
Spread of the Dis
BLAME TIE BOARD of HEALTH
$. 7. C. A. Officers Say the Board
Has Been Slow to Taks
Precautionary Measures.

There is an epidemic of glanders ameng
horses on the HILL Horse owners are
becoming alarmed at the apparent
prevalence of the disease and condemn
the Board of Health for not taking
prompt measures to stamp it out. 1t is
alleged that in cases reported to it, the
Board of Health has been slow to act and
has not taken the precautionary measures
usual. In such cases the S. P. C. A.
officers are especially indignant. In one
instance one of them found it necessary,
after reporting case of glanders to the
Board and receiving no reply, to secure a
veterinary himself and have him pass
judgment upon the condition of the
animal. 1t is thought that the epidemic
has been brought to this city by horses
which have been worked in Newark,
where the disease has been doing great
damage for some time past
The latest case OF glandered horse oc-
CURED at No. 43 Gardner avenue, where
an animal belonging to William Dready.
New York truckman, suffered from the
disease for six days before s. P. c.. A.
Officer Bennett ended it's sufferings with
bullet. The horse was shot on Tues
day night at nine O'Clock 1t lay in the
oldil dWdlliliS TIE dITlfdi Ol LI6 QcdQ 6Ill-
NAL man until ten o'clock the next day
when it was finally removed. The Board
of Health did not quarantine the stable.
The owner disinfected and whitewashed
it himself. There were two other horses
in the stable while the glandered horse
was suffering. In this case there is q
difference of opinion between the S. P.
C. A. officers and the Board of Health.
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horse had glanders, while Officers Bennett
and Fred Thornhill, who have had ex-
perience with the disease declare that it
was Il clean case. and that there is great
danger of contagion.
The disease in this city is thought to
have started in the stable of George D.
Bernius on Virginia, near Bergen avenue,
where two horses died of it, and a mule
was IN its last stages before 1t was dis
covered.
On Monday afternoon the stable hands
became alarmed at the condition of q
mule belonging to Mrs. E. Held Of Bsr-
gen avenue. which had been sick for Ave
days and was covered with sores. They
sent for Frederick Thornhill, of No. 2S9
Virginia avenue, member OF the 8 r
The News" last night what followed -
Il decided at once, he said. that the
horse had CHAMBERS, and at two o'clock
that afternoon | notified the Board OF
Health to send veterinary. 1t is
cruelty to permit giandered horse to
llNSi DQl as the disease IS contagious our
power is limited to killing the animal. It
is the duty OF the Board of Health i'm
medlately upon receiving word of case
of glanders to send a Veterinary to ex-
anime the animal If he finds that it IS
really case of glanders he gives US 2
certificate TO that effect and We dispatch
the animal. I waited until six o'clock
Monday night, but no veterinary came
from. the Board of Health The poor
mule was in agony, and as there were
twelve horses in the same stable l dared
not Wd1S longer sent
for DR.. Mailer on my own re-
sponsibility. He pronounced it an ag-
grayated case of glanders and / shot the
mule at once. i notified the. Board of
Health again. that it might have the body
removed and | also advised the, owners
of the other horses to move thine to
other quarters. The dead mule was not
removed until two o'clock the following
day. | Investigated and found that Mrs.
Held mule had probably caught the dis
ease from one of two horses that died In
the same stable of the disease One of
No. 1928 Fifth street while the other was
the property of John Foster of No 119
Ege avenue. Neither of them was ex-
amined by veterinary previous to it's
death.
1T is crime punishable with one years
imprisonment or heavy fine to keep alive
it medical attendance and vet the Board
of Health has failed to investigate either
of these, cases. 1t is probable that one or
more of the twelve horses that were
stabbed with the mule has caught the dis
ease. 1t may not break out again, how
ever. for q week Y
There are large number of glandered
horses about the Hin,'' said a horse
owner, last night, .and some of them are
working among other horses. In my
opinion, the disease is caused by the
lack of drinking water for the horses in
this city. The high water rate has caus-
ed all the watering troughs to be re-
moved. No person is going to keep
troughs for the accommodations of team
sterS when 1t costs him S25 a month
to do So The result is that when the
truck horses get their blood overheated
they cannot quench their thirst and they
fall easy victims of the dread disease"
Chambers is somewhat similar to lep-
rosy in appearance and effect. 1t is
highly contagious and is not confined to-
dumb animals. 1t is frequently caught
durable It's victim must suffer until re-
lieved by death.