Foot-and-Mouth Disease

HC Deb 17 May 1944 vol 400 c197W

Viscount Suirdale

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many cases of foot and mouth disease were notified in England and Wales between the years 1934–39 and 1939–44, respectively.

Mr. Hudson

The number of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in England and Wales during the years 1934 to 1944 was as follows:

1934	…	…	79
1935	…	…	52
1936	…	…	67
1937	…	…	183
1938	…	…	190
1939	…	…	99
1940	…	…	160
1941	…	…	243
1942	…	…	640
1943	…	…	22
1944 (to date)	…	…	19