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Anthrax: Outbreaks in Great Britain from 1887

The Anthrax Order of 1886 made this disease notifiable.

			Diseased animals
Year	Number of counties	Number of outbreaks	Cattle	Sheep	Pigs	Horses	Other animals
1887	51	236	415	37	184	-	-
1888	49	180	280	45	76	-	-
1889	45	167	236	4	69	-	461
1890	48	152	253	72	210	-	-
1891	50	226	300	15	156	-	-
1892	60	289	445	11	190	-	-
1893	68	563	833	108	313	46	-
1894	64	494	625	125	188	62	-
1895	66	434	604	158	140	32	-
1896	64	488	632	34	200	38	-
1897	67	433	521	39	284	38	-
1898	73	566	634	22	161	39	-
1899	67	534	634	69	253	30	-
1900	74	571	668	40	204	44	-
1901	63	651	708	76	152	35	-
1902	71	678	746	50	192	44	-
1903	78	767	809	48	234	51	1
1904	77	1049	1115	62	365	47	-
1905	84	970	1001	53	210	53	-
1906	80	939	999	83	213	35	-
1907	83	1084	1163	66	190	37	-
1908	80	1105	1107	34	220	58	-
1909	79	1317	1244	70	310	74	-
1910	80	1496	1412	59	216	89	-
1911	77	908	935	6	138	43	1
1912	74	743	746	6	55	32	1
1913	67	594	610	2	17	23	-
1914	74	722	733	5	32	25	1
1915	66	575	607	1	21	12	-
1916	68	571	644	1	25	16	1
1917	65	421	454	3	20	3	-
1918	56	245	255	3	19	5	-
1919	58	234	268	-	36	8	2
1920	63	459	513	1	23	4	5
1921	67	515	603	3	30	11	2
1922	65	515	520	2	38	10	3
1923	69	724	772	3	59	10	-
1924	71	734	800	2	51	5	-
1925	65	669	748	7	10	7	2
1926	69	703	791	20	19	15	-

Anthrax outbreaks in Great Britain from 1927

Year	Number of counties	Number of outbreaks	Cattle	Sheep	Pigs	Horses	Cats & Dogs	Other Animals
1927	62	425	480	2	9	6	-	-
1928	69	536	588	4	18	5	3	-
1929	68	439	491	6	26	3	3	-
1930	60	392	432	7	5	2	-	-
1931	65	465	494	10	8	3	1	-
1932	61	344	373	3	33	4	5	-
1933	55	297	335	1	4	5	-	-
1934	61	395	423	5	18	2	5	-
1935	61	386	418	6	15	1	1	2
1936	63	468	500	1	27	5	1	17
1937	70	743	820	1	30	13	4	11
1938	71	830	855	3	45	8	2	322
1939	72	699	735	2	45	3	1	6
1940	68	564	620	3	41	6	6	1
1941	64	399	436	1	11	3	9	10
1942	60	372	404	1	3	6	-	-
1943	56	283	311	-	5	2	-	2
1944	47	189	198	1	2	2	1	-
1945	32	119	131	-	1	1	2	-
1946	39	95	96	-	-	1	1	-
1947	39	121	127	-	5	5	2	-
1948	39	118	117	-	11	-	-	-
1949	52	244	247	1	12	2	2	-
1950	54	344	338	3	20	6	2	603
1951	57	407	410	-	21	1	1	7
1952	73	1215	778	1	559	2	-	7
1953	70	609	489	-	147	2	-	3
1954	62	350	332	1	34	-	-	11
1955	69	764	650	1	144	-	2	29
1956	72	1245	968	4	352	2	-	4
1957	59	318	283	-	58	1	1	2
1958	49	167	164	-	6	-	-	-
1959	56	263	258	-	4	2	1	28
1960	53	221	221	1	4	-	-	1
1961	55	255	255	1	7	1	1	11
1962	65	340	338	2	31	1	1	4
1963	64	330	338	4	33	-	-	10
1964	71	492	462	1	80	-	2	11
1965	73	515	435	4	114	-	-	35
1966	67	222	217	-	15	1	-	3
1967	65	438	420	-	59	1	3	4
1968	60	211	225	-	6	-	-	-
1969	58	234	250	1	6	-	2	-
1970	48	115	118	-	3	1	-	-
1971	36	64	78	-	-	-	-	7
1972	39	82	88	-	1	-	-	-
1973	28	41	42	-	2	-	3	-
1974	21	32	33	-	1	1	-	-
1975	21	36	41	2	-	-	-	-
1976	21	48	49	-	2	1	1	-
1977	29	139	153	-	13	-	1	-
1978	32	166	170	2	3	-	-	4
1979	16	22	24	-	-	-	-	-
1980	12	15	16	-	-	-	-	-
1981	11	14	17	-	-	-	-	-
1982	10	14	17	-	1	-		-
1983	10	13	13	-	1	-	-	-
1984	7	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
1985	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-
1986	8	11	12	2	-	1	-	-
1987	6	6	5	-	-	1	-	-
1988	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
1989	4	4	3	-	19	-	-	-
1990	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-
1991	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
1992	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
1993	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-
1994	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	-
1995	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
1996	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
1997	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
1998	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-

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