HC Deb 16 July 1929 vol 230 c263W
Mr. FREEMAN

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of horses and ponies killed and injured in mines during each of the past 10 years?

Mr. TURNER

The following table shows the number of horses and ponies killed or destroyed and the number injured in mines of Great Britain* during the years 1919–1928.

Year. Number killed or destroyed in consequence of— Number Injured.
Injury or accident. Disease or old age.
1919 … 3,364 2,216 7,986
1920 … 3,236 2,083 8,096
1921† … 2,292 1,933 6,102
1922 … 2,731 1,837 7,678
1923 … 3,125 2,021 8,136
1924 … 3,042 2,212 8,167
1925 … 2,658 2,208 7,589
1926† … 1,454 2,134 3,112
1927 … 2,125 1,572 5,732
1928 … 1,989 1,720 5,160
* Including Ireland up to 1921.
† Stoppages in these years.