§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that on Wednesday, the 15th instant, a washbowl minder employed by Messrs. Campbell and Harrison, a branch of Woolcombers, Limited, of Bradford, contracted anthrax in the course of his employment and died of the said disease on the following Saturday, and that on the same day a washbowl feeder in the employment of Messrs. John Cure and Company, another branch of Woolcombers, Limited, contracted anthrax in the course of his employment, and he also died of the same disease; and whether he will say how many cases of anthrax have occurred among the employés of each of the two firms mentioned, respectively, during the period of years, 1900 to 1913, inclusive, distinguishing between different years and fatal and non-fatal cases?
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§ Mr. McKENNAsupplied the following figures:—
Year. Cases at Messrs. Campbell and Harrison. Cases at Messrs. John Cure and Company. Non-Fatal. Fatal. Total. Non-Fatal. Fatal. Total. 1900. 2 2 4 — — — 1901. — 1 1 — 1 1 1902. 2 — 2 — — — 1903. 2 — 2 4 — 4 1904. 1 — 1 2 — 2 1905. 5 6 11 2 4 6 1906. 4 3 7 2 — 2 1907. 2 — 2 2 — 2 1908. 2 1 3 1 — 1 1909. 5 — 5 — — — 1910. 1 1 2 — — — 1911. 3 2 5 — — — 1912. 2 2 4 1 1 2 1013. 5 — 5 — — — Tot'l 36 18 54* 14 6 20 * Not including a housewife (non-fatal) in l903. whose husband, son, and sister, all worked in this factory.