THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 12. 



MARCH, 1922. 



Foot-and-Mouth 

 Disease. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



On 24th January outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth Disease 

 were confirmed in lairs at Newcastle, at Seaham Harbour 

 (Durham) and at Hessle near Hull in the 

 East Riding of Yorkshire. The affected 

 cattle in the Newcastle outbreak had been 

 exposed with others in Morpeth Market on 16th January and at 

 Newcastle Market on 17th January. As other_ consequential 

 outbreaks were therefore to be anticipated a wide area was sche- 

 duled, including the whole of Durham and a large part of 

 Northumberland, in which movement of animals was prohibited. 

 An area was also scheduled around Hull. 



These cases proved to be the forerunners of the most wide- 

 spread outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease which this country 

 has known since 1884. Up to Sunday, 19th February, no fewer 

 than 787 outbreaks on separate premises were confirmed in the 

 whole of Great Britain, and 65 other reports were under investi- 

 gation. The confirmed outbreaks numbered 787, distributed, as 

 shown in the following table, in *27 counties in England, 1 county 

 in Wales, and 11 counties in Scotland : — 



2 

 l 

 l 



3 

 8 

 7 

 1 

 9 

 6 

 14 

 5 



57 





England and Wales. 





Scotland. 



Bedfordshire - 



- 1 



Norfolk - 



- 15 



Berwickshire - 



Cambridge 



- 2 



Northumberland 



- 30 



Dumbarton 



Cheshire 



- 31 



Nottinghamshire 



- 13 



Dumfries 



Cumberland - 



- 4 



Salop - 



- 1 



Fifeshire 



Derbyshire - 



- 5 



Staffordshire - 



- 3 



Forfarshire - 



Durham 



- 69 



Suffolk - 



- 4 



Lanarkshire - 



Essex - 



- 7 



Surrey - 



- 1 



Linlithgow - 



Hants - 



- 1 



Warwickshire 



- 1 



Midlothian 



Kent 



- 1 



Westmorland 



- 19 



Perthshire 



Lancashire 



- 79 



Yorkshire E.R. 



- 117 



Renfrewshire 



Leicestershire 





Yorkshire N.R. 



- 70 



Stirling - 



Kesteven 



■ofe 



Yorkshire W.R. 



- 230 





Lindsey 



- 17 



Denbighshire 



- 1 



Total - 



London - 



- 2 









Middlesex 



, - 3 



Total - 



- 730 





(417>3) P.U/35. 11,250. 3/22. M. & S. 



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