§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Minister of Health if, in view of the increase in the number of cases of brucellosis amongst humans reported in 1967, he will establish an inquiry to discover to what extent this is due to an increase in sources of infection or to an increasing awareness of the disease.
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§ Mr. K. RobinsonI do not think such an inquiry is necessary. I am advised that cases of the disease in humans which may, in the past, have remained undetected are now probably being diagnosed and that the increase in the number of reported cases for 1967 is most likely to be due to the more accurate means of diagnosis now available and to increased awareness of the disease.