§ MR. W. A. M'ARTHUR (Cornwall, Mid, St. Austell)asked the noble Viscount the Member for Lewisham, Whether he can state to the House the result of recent inquiries into the disease of anthrax; and, whether any compensation can be paid for cattle slaughtered by Order when suffering from anthrax?
§ VISCOUNT LEWISHAM (Lewisham)No special inquiries have recently been made into the nature of the disease. The Anthrax Order does not provide for compensation. I informed Mr. Tapling on July 6 that—
Compensation was only provided when compulsory slaughter was required to prevent the spreading of disease.But in anthrax animals died so soon after being attacked that slaughter could very rarely be enforced; and, further, it is very desirable to avoid effusion of blood, which is highly infective to other animals.