HC Deb 24 July 1913 vol 55 c2220
99. Mr. BIGLAND

asked the President of the Board of Agriculture the number of Irish cattle slaughtered at Birkenhead from the date of the first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland to the date when store cattle from Ireland were allowed to be shipped to English ports?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

Fifty thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine Irish cattle were slaughtered at Birkenhead during the period in question, 8th July to 5th October, 1912.