HC Deb 17 February 1938 vol 331 c2104W
Mr. Hall-Caine

asked the Minister of Agriculture, whether he has considered the desirability of stipulating that all men engaged in the slaughtering of animals affected by foot-and-mouth disease should be confined to the farms concerned in tents or caravans until their work is finished, with the object of avoiding the risk of their carrying the infection with which they have been in contact?

Mr. W. S. Morrison

It is not considered practicable to require the farmer compulsorily to provide accommodation on the farms where outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease occur for the men engaged in slaughtering the animals. The men are required to wear suitable overall clothing and this and their boots and hands are thoroughly disinfected immediately before the men leave the premises, the overalls being left on the farm. These precautions have been found adequate to prevent the conveyance of infection to other farms.