§ MR. LAMBERT (Devonshire, South Molton)To ask the hon. Member for North Huntingdonshire, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he will state the statistics of animal disease, including swine fever,
| Period. | Swine Fever. | Anthrax. | Glanders. | Sheep Scab.† | ||||
| Outbreaks. | Swine slaughtered as diseased or as exposed to infection. | Outbreaks. | Animals attacked. | Outbreaks. | Animals attacked. | Outbreaks. | Sheep attacked. | |
| Total for 15 weeks to 13th April 1901 | 818 | 3,823 | 198 | 303 | 338 | 619 | 960 | 12,040 |
| Corresponding period in 1902 | 458 | 2,323 | 229 | 394 | 334 | 639 | 911 | 10,648 |
| Corresponding period in 1903 | 408 | 1,871 | 238 | 369 | 356 | 627 | 953 | 10,064 |
| Corresponding period in 1904 | 377 | 2,209 | 307 | 420 | 426 | 809 | 831 | 11,216 |