§ 35. Sir F. FREMANTLE (for Sir ARNOLD WILSON)asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to a Report on Causal Factors in Tuberculosis, published by the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis; and whether his expert advisers confirm the view that the incidence of tuberculosis varies with the consumption of raw milk, a shortage of which more than of any other foodstuff is a predisposing cause of tuberculosis?
§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regard the second part, the causal factors in tuberculosis are numerous and complex, including under-nourishment, but my right hon. Friend is advised that the nutritive value obtained by the consumption of raw milk might be accompanied by some increase in the risk of infection by bovine tubercle bacilli unless suitable precautions are taken to ensure the safety of the milk.