§ Mr. Westwoodasked the Minister of Agriculture how many cases of anthrax were reported in the last report of the medical officer of health for the county of Angus under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1894, and the Anthrax Order of 1928; and in how many cases were the sources of infection traced?
§ Mr. Ramsbotham:I have been asked to reply. During 1937, 22 outbreaks of anthrax in Angus, in which 29 animals were affected, were reported by the county authority, and the number reported in the first quarter of 1938, was 12 outbreaks affecting 13 animals. Eight of the 1937 outbreaks, and three in the March quarter of 1938, were probably due to the farms having been infected on previous occasions. The source of infection in the other cases was not definitely traced, but it may possibly have been associated with 1860W the use on these farms of artificial feeding stuffs which in 14 cases were known to have been imported from abroad.