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Anthrax, Dewsbury And District

Volume 159: debated on Thursday 30 November 1922

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asked the Home Secretary the number of cases of anthrax and suspected anthrax in Dewsbury and district in mills using East India wools during the past five years?

The number of cases of anthrax in mills using East Indian wool in Dewsbury and the neighbouring districts of Mirfield, Heckmond-wike, Earlshcaton, Batley, Liversedge and Ravensthorpe during the past five years was 38, of which two were fatal.