82. Mr. F. HALLasked how many epidemic outbreaks occurred in England and Wales in the years from 1906 to 1912, inclusive, from the consumption of infected milk, and the number of deaths arising therefrom?
§ Mr. BURNSA number of outbreaks of enteric fever, scarlet fever, and diphtheria have during the last six years been traced to the consumption of specifically infected milk. Perhaps the most important of these was an outbreak of scarlet fever in 1909, reported on by Dr. Hamer to the London County Council and Dr. H. Jones to the Surrey County Council. In several published reports by medical inspectors of my Department particulars have been given of outbreaks of enteric fever traced to milk. Though I have thus a certain amount of information, it is not sufficient to enable me to give a complete statement of the total number of outbreaks and of the deaths due to them.