§ Dr. HASTINGSasked the Minister of Health the average percentage of non-designated non-pasteurised milk on sale 1933W to the public which contains the living germs of tuberculosis; and whether this percentage is increasing or decreasing?
§ Miss LAWRENCEThe average proportion of milk samples taken by the larger local authorities and found to be tuberculous has recently been in the neighbourhood of 8 per cent. The results obtained by different authorities fluctuate considerably, and it would be difficult to say that the percentage for the whole country is either increasing or decreasing.
§ Dr. HASTINGSasked the Minister of Health if he can say, approximately, what percentage of the mulch cows of this country are reactors to the tuberculin test; and whether this percentage is increasing or decreasing?
§ Miss LAWRENCEThe number of mulch cows in this country which have been submitted to a tuberculin test is relatively few, and it is not possible therefore to say what proportion would react to the test or whether the proportion is increasing or decreasing.