HC Deb 12 April 1967 vol 744 cc201-2W
Mr. Steele

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the incidence of cysticercous bovis in areas of meat inspection authorities in Scotland during the years 1964 to [...] inclusive.

Mr. Ross

The following table gives the information requested.

ANNUAL PERCENTAGE INCIDENCE OF CYSTICERCUS BOVIS
Counties 1964 1965 1966
Aberdeen .35 .78 .84
Angus .25 .15 .25
Argyll Nil Nil Nil
Ayr .42 .76 Nil
Banff Nil Nil Nil
Berwick .04 .10 .05
Bute Nil Nil Nil
Caithness Nil .04 Nil
Clackmannan .09 .08 .04
Dumfries .10 .14 .63
East Lothian .56 .41 1.14
Fife .50 .34 .16
Inverness Nil .24 .14
Kincardine Nil Nil Nil
Kirkcudbright .32 .30 .28
Lanark .08 .09 .07
Moray .42 .49 .49
Nairn
Orkney Nil Nil Nil
Peebles .51 .39 Slaughterhouse closed September 1965
Perth and Kinross .06 .24 .08
Renfrew .25 .21 .12
Ross and Cromarty .50 .23 .10
Roxburgh .07 .01 .08
Selkirk Nil .17 .42
Sutherland Nil .08 Nil
West Lothian .11 .34 .37
Wigtown .04 .15 .29
Zetland Nil .11 Nil
Large Burghs
Aberdeen .05 .05 .05
Arbroath .03 .19 1.32
Ayr .51 .51 .82
Coatbridge .10 .19 Slaughterhouse closed November 1965
Dumbarton 2.36 .22 .15
Dumfries 1.29 1.64 1.08
Dundee .26 .29 .24
Dunfermline .49 .34 Nil
Edinburgh .39 .47 .39
Falkirk .01 Nil .09
Glasgow .10 .08 .05
Greenock .04 .02 Nil
Hamilton .07 .05 .04
Inverness .06 .04 Nil
Kilmarnock .24 .20 .26
Kirkcaldy .18 .14 .06
Motherwell and Wishaw .29 .14 .08
Paisley .66 .54 .18
Perth .05 .09 .02
Stirling .30 .42 .22