§ Sir G. de Freitasasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food where in 138W Northamptonshire there have been outbreaks of fowl pest this year; how many birds have died; and approximately what proportion of these birds had been vaccinated.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThere have been 17 confirmed outbreaks in the following 14 parishes in Northamptonshire this year:
- Earls Barton.
- Gretton.
- Whitton.
- Kettering.
- Denford.
- Paulerspury.
- Silverstone.
- Hargrave.
- Brackley.
- Cosgrove.
- Staverton.
- Wilby.
- Wood Newton.
- Easton Maudit.
No information is available about the number of deaths that have occurred. Of the 17 flocks, comprising a total of over 15,000 birds, only 1, with about 5,000 birds, was fully vaccinated, though 2 others were partly vaccinated.