Foot-and-Mouth Disease

HC Deb 14 November 1944 vol 404 c1810W

Mr. A. Duckworth

asked the Minister of Agriculture the total number of cases of foot-and-mouth disease that have occurred in this country and in the county of Shropshire, respectively, in each year since 1939, inclusive.

Mr. Hudson

The numbers of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain and in Shropshire during each of the years 1939–1943, inclusive, and in the present year up to 8th November were as follows:

Year		No. of outbreaks in Gt. Britain	No. of outbreaks in Shropshire
1939	…	99	nil
1940	…	160	nil
1941	…	264	11
1942	…	670	nil
1943	…	27	nil
1944	…	156	4
(up to 12th November)