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A case of swine fever
From: Officers' Journal; Edwin GatwardVisited Kiln Farm with Sergeant Gibbs to make enquiries regarding a case of swine fever. The farm foreman, Mr Edward Black, informed that 25 of the 46 pigs on the premises had either died or been killed and were subsequently buried with lime. He had made the issue known to Superintendent Webb the week prior.
Date of creation
02 Nov 1889Reference number
HPF/B/24/032/1Time logged
1pmPeople involved in incident
Mr Edward Black (farm foreman)Sergeant Gibbs
Superintendent Webb
Police officer
PC 50 Edwin Gatward (120)
Towns and villages
Little Hadham (102)
Type of incident
Animals (1456)