§ Captain Ellistonasked the Minister of Health whether he will direct the attention of local authorities to the report of his department on the milk-borne outbreak of food poisoning involving over 100 persons at Wilton, in Wiltshire, and especially to the statement of the chief medical officer that this is an example of the class of outbreak which is due to infection of the milk by a diseased cow; that a clean raw milk is not necessarily a safe milk; and that the only practicable way to reduce the risk of such outbreaks to a minimum is by efficient pasteurisation or by some other suitable form of heat-treatment?
§ Sir K. WoodCopies of the report have been sent to the medical officers of health of all counties and county boroughs.