HC Deb 26 July 1939 vol 230 cc1595-7W
Mr. W. MORRISON

asked 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;

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. GREENWOOD

The 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.

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