§ Mr. W. MORRISONasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state in tabular form the following information with regard to the administration of the Milk and Dairies Act and Orders thereunder, with regard to each county in England and Wales: the number of cows examined: the number of cows condemned;
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TUBERCULOSIS ORDER OF 1925. Statement showing numbers of cows examined and slaughtered under the above-mentioned Order during 1928. County. Number of cows examined. Number of cows slaughtered. Cows in milk. Other cows or heifers. Total. Cows in milk. Other cows or heifers. Total. England. Bedford … 92 61 153 90 58 148 Berks … 953 186 1,139 23 17 40 Buckingham … 63 18 81 36 10 46 Cambridge … 63 38 101 4 14 18 Isle of Ely … 197 97 294 20 10 30 Chester … 2,620 644 3,264 816 549 1,365 Cornwall … 1,021 382 1,403 117 42 159 Cumberland … 2,354 958 3,312 96 50 146 Derby … 1,848 462 2,310 228 298 526 Devon … 196 116 312 44 59 103 Dorset … 5,326 1,557 6,883 83 145 228 Durham … 2,698 421 3,119 151 63 214 Essex … 19,445 6,352 25,797 372 475 847 Gloucester … 3,974 1,328 5,302 259 220 479 Hereford … 539 679 1,218 15 14 29 Hertford … 1,794 470 2,264 72 43 115 Huntingdon … 453 699 1,152 26 98 124 Kent … 1,595 579 2,174 38 58 96 Lancaster … 15,540 4,696 20,236 655 392 1,047 Leicester … 3,155 829 3,984 115 43 158 Lincoln, Parts of Holland … 220 349 569 32 38 70 Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven Steven … 254 231 485 32 113 145 the number of dairy premises inspected; the number of dairy premises in regard to which alterations have been required; the number of dairy premises which have been closed through the failure of owners or occupiers to carry out ordered alterations; and the actual cost of administering the Act and Orders.
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe inspection of dairy cattle may be made either under the Milk and Dairies Act and Orders (which fall mainly within the purview of my Department) or under the Tuberculosis Order of 1925 made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, but it is only under the latter Order that diseased cattle are required to be slaughtered. I am informed by my right hon. Friend that the number of cows examined and slaughtered in pursuance of that Order in each county during the year 1928 were as shown in the table below. I regret that I cannot give the particulars asked for in the latter part of the question, since he inspection of dairy premises is carried out by the officers of about 1,800 local authorities as a part of their general sanitary administration.
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County. Number of cows examined. Number of cows slaughtered. Cows in milk. Other cows or heifers. Total. Cows in milk. Other cows or heifers. Total. England—contd. Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey … 1,648 2,832 4,480 96 231 327 London … 202 — 202 — — — Middlesex … 1,795 234 2,029 52 11 63 Monmouth … 906 207 1,113 34 13 47 Norfolk … 198 66 264 103 43 146 Northampton … 67 32 99 41 30 71 Soke of Peterborough … 213 20 233 15 6 21 Northumberland … 1,440 83 1,523 82 14 96 Notts … 1,542 633 2,175 69 88 157 Oxford … 629 157 786 74 31 105 Rutland … 24 9 33 9 4 13 Salop … 469 354 823 388 310 698 Somerset … 3,483 499 3,982 243 257 500 Southampton … 132 53 185 60 25 85 Isle of Wight … 287 6 293 77 5 82 Stafford … 1,700 811 2,511 894 507 1,401 Suffolk … 744 226 970 69 5 74 Surrey … 4,564 1,535 6,099 153 40 193 Sussex, East … 642 405 1,047 166 179 345 Sussex, West … 299 72 371 88 52 140 Warwick … 909 333 1,242 131 92 223 Westmorland … 1,253 1,086 2,339 33 48 81 Wilts … 9,940 954 10,894 328 240 568 Worcester … 59 30 89 51 30 81 York, East Riding … 423 215 638 32 6 38 York, North Riding … 3,003 1,478 4,481 186 119 305 York, West Riding … 13,878 4,089 17,967 631 362 993 Isles of Scilly … — — — — — — Total … 114,849 37,571 152,420 7,429 5,557 12,986 Wales. Anglesey … 933 188 1,121 84 33 117 Brecon … 42 42 84 1 — 1 Carnarvon … 583 153 736 37 17 54 Cardigan … 79 53 132 66 51 117 Carmarthen … 259 97 356 15 8 23 Denbigh … 1,762 953 2,715 125 67 192 Flint … 782 281 1,063 126 81 207 Glamorgan … 904 250 1,154 68 9 77 Merioneth … 39 11 50 17 6 23 Montgomery … 568 333 901 8 20 28 Pembroke … 457 222 679 3 4 7 Radnor … — 1 1 — — — Total … 6,408 2,584 8,992 550 296 846 Summary. England … 114,849 37,571 152,420 7,429 5,557 12,986 Wales … 6,408 2,584 8,992 550 296 846 Total … 121,257 40,155 161,412 7,979 5,853 13,832