| Description | The documents in this box arise from the work of the Clerk of the Peace, Derbyshire in relation to the management of contagious diseases of animals: documents dated between 1868 and 1887 with isolated items in 1889 and 1891
• Petition: 14 Dec 1883: addressed to Executive Committee, Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878: asks for permission for supply of meat for Ilkeston from Derby market: signatures of 21 butchers
• Applications for licences for markets/livestock sales: May 1881, Oct 1881, Sep 1883, Oct 1883, Jan 1884
• Letter: 1 Jan 1884: from John Coleman to T W Evans, MP: five names proposed as members of Cattle Disease Committee
• Copy of questions to and answers from C L Peel, Privy Council clerk, 25 Mar 1881 about interpretation of Foot and Mouth Disease Order, 1881
• Letter: 4 Jun 1881: from H M Jenkins, secretary, Royal Agricultural Society, asking for details of an application to the Privy Council
• Correspondence: Nov 1883: about text of memoranda about movement of cattle
• Memorandum: 17 May 1881: from Chief Constable’s office, Derby : foot and mouth infection at premises of Thomas Bowmer at Fritchley and The Hag
• Draft regulations for movement of animals into, through or out of infected places: 9 Nov 1883
• Letter and declaration form: 3 Nov 1883: from Alexander Archibald Dick, Burton upon Trent, about foot and mouth disease at Stapenhill
• Brochure and order form: books and forms under Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878: Knight and Co, 90 Fleet Street, London
• Return of places infected with foot and mouth disease: 20 Sep 1883
• Declarations of freedom from disease: 24 Nov 1883 and 22 Dec 1883: by Thomas Thompson of Barnane Templemore, county Tipperary: for cattle sold to John Templeman of Radbourne
• Prize list and regulations, Brimington Short-Horn Show and Sale 1884
• Foot and Mouth Disease Regulations about movement of cattle and market licences: 21 Sep 1883
• Letter: 19 Oct 1883: from Deputy Clerk of the Peace, Cheshire: opinion that each county should make its own regulations
• Petition: undated: asks for permission to allow fat stock to be removed alive from Derby market for slaughter within three days: signatures of 71 butchers and cattle dealers from a range of locations in Derbyshire
• Poster: 21 Sep 1883: Borough of Chesterfield: foot and mouth disease regulations (four copies)
• Poster: 16 Nov 1883: Borough of Chesterfield: foot and mouth disease regulations (two copies)
• Bundle of letters: Apr 1881: from Joseph Pagett and John Hallewell, Chesterfield about aspects of foot and mouth disease
• Telegrams (2): 19 Apr 1881: from Hill and Son, Great Northern Hotel, Cheapside, Nottingham: seeks a licence to travel to Derby with a traction engine
• Letter: 25 Mar 1881: from Town Clerk, Burton on Trent: proposes reciprocal arrangements for movement of animals
• Letter: May 1881: from David ???, Burton upon Trent : about declaration of Swadlincote and Repton and Gresley: refers to the views of C R Colville
• Letter: Jan 1881: from John Taylor, Bakewell: need for publicising orders made in relation to cattle disease
• Bundle of correspondence: May/Jun 1881: about a meeting (3 Jun) to consider a proposal by H M Jenkins, secretary, Royal Agricultural Society
• Letters: 8 Oct 1881 from E Coke, Longford and 12 Oct 1881 from R S Sitwell, Smalley: about aspects of foot and mouth disease: including newspaper cuttings about order made by city of Worcester and abstract of accounts for year ending 30 Nov 1880 of County of Worcester
• Telegram: 9 Nov 1883: from Sitwell: proposes amendments to text of Regulation of movement of animals
• Poster: sale of livestock of Bucks Leather House Farm, Brassington on 21 Nov 1883
• Poster: Mar 1883: Privy Council Infected Districts Market and Fairs Order 1883
• Poster: home and workshop sale: premises of the late Hollingworth at Spondon Moor: 21 Nov 1883
• List of Derbyshire locations with foot and mouth infection: 4 Oct 1881
• Bundle: letters, telegram in relation to contagious disease of animals: 1882-1883
• Postcard: 1881: from John Sleigh of Eversley, Matlock: suggests clergymen be authorised to undertake duties in relation to cattle: at present farmers are having to travel long distances to see an authorised person
• Letter: 17 Feb 1881: from Clerk to the Justices, Glossop: no-one appointed to grant licences in Glossop: proposes Edward Neal, police constable at Charlesworth, be authorised
• Letter: 11 Jun 1883: from Royal Agricultural Society: about arrangements for a show at York
• Clip of correspondence: about Royal Agricultural show at Derby in 1881
• Bundle of correspondence: 1883: about movement of animals, including an enquiry from Midland Railway Goods Manager’s office, Derby
• Petition: 1 Oct 1881: seeks authority for holding cattle markets and fairs: signed by 77 individuals; farmers and others of Ashbourne
• Poster: 24 Feb 1883: Regulations prohibiting the movement of animals in the county of Bedford (torn and fragile)
• Clip: includes various orders relating to movement of animals made by Privy Council, county of Chester, county of Northumberland, city of Carlisle, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Burton upon Trent, Warrington and Staffordshire
• Clip of correspondence: 1881: about instances of foot and mouth disease
• Orders issued by the Privy Council: 1868 – 1877: (note that there are several copies, up to 19, of most orders): relating to imports of animals and animal products from France, Belgium, Germany, Russia and Ireland, (including use of specific ports and requirements for management of animals on board ships); restricting the use of hay imported from USA for consumption only by horses; the holding of markets with provision for cleansing and disinfection; designation of farcy as a contagious disease; record-keeping and notification requirements by local authorities and the making of local regulations; requirement for railway companies to provide water for animals at designated stations and the specification of routes for the transport of animals through London by rail; payment of compensation for slaughtered animals; some orders provide solely for revocation and amendment of previously issued orders. A small number of orders made by the Privy Council of Ireland about restrictions on the import of animal products from Great Britain
• Original newspaper: Nottingham Daily Guardian 30 Mar 1881
• Printed letter: 16 Jan 1874: from Privy Council office: preventative action to be taken in relation to pleuro-pneumonia in cattle (5 copies)
• Letter: 5 Dec 1883: from Midland Railway Goods Manager’s office, Derby about movement of cattle from the show at Bingley Hall, Birmingham
• Bundle of correspondence: 1881: about financial matters between Burton on Trent and city of Derby: cattle disease rate relating to Stapenhill and Winshill
• Circular letter: 5 Feb 1877: from Clerk, city of Derby: forwarding letters (Jan 1877) from Privy Council office about spread of cattle plague
• Notice: 5 Oct 1876; from Clerk to the Justices, Eckington: appointment of new members to Eckington sub-committee
• Circular Letter: 23 Nov 1875: from Clerk to Central Committee, Norfolk: motion urging the Privy Council to adopt specified preventative measures for foot and mouth disease
• Regulations: 24 Feb 1877: made by the Hundred of Salford
• Correspondence: 1877: measures recommended by the Royal Agricultural Society and by counties of Stafford, Oxford, Chester and Buckingham
• List: 1877: members of Contagious Diseases (Animals) sub-committee for Alfreton
• List: 1869: Contagious Diseases (Animals) committee and sub-committee members for each division in Derbyshire (several copies)
• Order of Derbyshire Executive Committee: 29 Mar 1877: no cattle from infected areas allowed to enter the city of Derby by rail (5 copies)
• Orders of Derbyshire Executive committee: 3 Apr 1877: concerning inspection of markets, railway transport and movement of cattle products (33 copies) and three copies of an amended version dated 20 Apr 1877 indicating a relaxation of restriction on the use of horse manure sourced from Sheffield
• “The Animals Order 1875” ( 2 copies)
• Correspondence from Veterinary Department, Privy Council office: 1871-1877 and 1891: some about administrative matters and some acknowledging notifications of specific outbreaks of disease
• Declarations of disease: 1874
• Circular letters: 1873: from Clerk of the Peace, Derby: about cattle disease
• Circular letter: 18 Apr 1874: from Clerk of the Peace, Huntingdon: submission to the Privy Council challenging a requirement for slaughter of diseased animals
• Letter : 10 Jul 1877: from Christopher W Alderson, Eckington: proposes that splenic apoplexy should be designated a contagious disease
• Circular letter: 5 Dec 1876: from Clerk of the Peace, Middlesex: about sharing of information about outbreaks of animal disease in adjacent local authorities
• Schedule: list of expenditure for issue of notices and attendance at meetings Aug 1871 – Apr 1873: T M Ellison, Clerk to the Justices, Glossop
• Letter: 26 Mar 1877: from T M Ellison : sends list of sub-committee members [not present]: unless outstanding expenses are paid he will no longer act as clerk to the cattle plague committee
• Draft foot and mouth inspection form and rules for Borough of Glossop: undated (1870s)
• Record of diseased cattle slaughtered in Derbyshire: 1871 -1872: names premises, owner, value and compensation
• Record of diseased cattle slaughtered in Derbyshire: 1874 -1875: names premises, owner, value and compensation
• Poster: 1 Jul 1874: Rules and sanctions in relation to pleuro-pneumonia and foot and mouth disease in Derbyshire (two copies)
• Bundle: declarations that named farms are free from infection: Jun -Jul 1889; 19 items
• Draft regulations: 6 Dec 1883: Borough of Chesterfield: with associated correspondence
• Letter: 31 Mar 1881 from ? Moore, Bamford: asks about freedom to move sheep without a licence
• “Core provisions of the orders in council made under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act:” undated (1878 or later)
• “Core provisions of the orders in council made under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act:” undated (1878 or later): draft with annotations and deletions
• Schedule: 15 Jul 1881: areas infected with foot and mouth disease, listed county by county: Veterinary Department Privy Council office
• Cattle plague enquiry forms 1A and 2A (blank): Veterinary Department Privy Council office
Also containing:
- Letter from H Barber, clerk to Hayfield union, 5 Dec 1867
- Memorial from guardians of Hayfield union, seeking a reduction in police rate for Mellor, 29 Nov 1867
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