§ Major Carverasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can make any statement as to the extent of foot-and-mouth disease during the last three months; whether there are signs that its virulence has abated; and whether, in that case, its decline here coincides with a similar decline on the Continent?
Month. Great Britain. Belgium. France. Germany. Netherlands Switzerland. 1937 November … … … 64 22,331 47,657 11,739 31,230 101 December … … … 87 22,419 45,085 21,604 13,410 153 1938 January … … … 75 6,653 26,743 18,573 5,348 148 February … … … 26 2,111 14,565 13,462 1,622 42 March … … … 12 1,996 12,934 25,119 not yet received 36 April … … … 35 770 (1st–15th) — 12,471(1st–15th) 19 (to 17th) May … … … 1 Not yet available.