Use stream of consciousness to answer the following. HFMD cases were first described clinically in Canada and New Zealand in 1957. The disease was termed "Hand Foot and Mouth Disease", by Thomas Henry Flewett, after a similar outbreak in 1960.

Answer this question based on the passage: when did hand foot and mouth disease begin?
This is the relevant information: HFMD cases were first described clinically in Canada and New Zealand in 1957. Final answer: 1957.