Mr. GUINNESSasked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to evidence recently published connecting outbreaks of undulant or Malta fever in human beings with the consumption of milk from cattle suffering from contagious abortion; and whether he will take any action to clear this matter up, either by veterinary research or in conjunction with the Medical Research Council?
§ Mr. N. BUXTONI understand that the Ministry of Health will shortly issue a Report containing the evidence, mainly obtained abroad, on which is based the theory that a form of undulant fever is caused by the bacillus which produces abortion in animals. The publication of this comprehensive Report will attract the attention of medical and veterinary practitioners and research workers to the study of this question, on which, so far as this country is concerned, there is at present very little information.