§ MR. LOWTHERasked the Vice President of the Council, with regard to the cases of foot and mouth disease in Carlisle, Whether any cases of foot and mouth disease have been reported in Newcastle; whether it has been declared an infected area; and, whether the Privy Council would not think it advisable to send an inspector to Newcastle to make inquiries on the subject?
§ MR. MUNDELLAAn outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was reported to us from Newcastle-on-Tyne as having taken place in some lairs there on the 20th ultimo, whereupon we immediately declared those lairs an infected place. Our next step was to send down an Inspector to institute a full inquiry; his Report came to hand yesterday, together with an account of another outbreak, and we have to-day declared Newcastle an infected area.