44 | MAX HENRY. 
THE INCIDENCE OF ANTHRAX IN STOOK IN 
AUSTRALIA. 
By MAx HENRY, D.S.0., M.R.C.V.S., B.V.Sc. 
[Read before the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, June 7, 1922. | 
AN enquiry was instituted some short while ago on the 
above question in connection with information sought on 
the infectivity as regards Anthrax of Australian Wool and 
the results appeared so striking that it was thought advis- 
able to amplify the enquiry and to publish the results. The 
matter is of importance, not only to give the stockowner 
an accurate idea of the danger of Anthrax, but to place the 
position of New South Wales in its true light before those 
interested in other countries. There is at present a very 
considerable agitation, and one more than justified by the 
present state of affairs, in manufacturing countries owing 
to the danger to which operatives in the wool and leather 
industries are exposed through the handling of Anthrax 
infected material. 
The degree of danger to which operatives are subject 
varies very greatly with the country of origin of the wool 
or other material. The actual state of affairs in this regard 
has been well demonstrated by the *“‘ Report of the British 
Departmental Inquiry, appointed to inquire as to precau- 
tions for preventing danger of infection from Anthrax in 
the manipulation of wool, goat hair and camel hair 1918.” 
A series of cases of Anthrax (See Vol. U1, p. 18 of above 
report) occurring amongst workers in the wollen industries 
of Great Britain between the years 1899 and 1917 showed 
the following results, the infective material being the only 
material with which the patient was dealing :— 

