§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Donoughue on 20 April (WA 180–181), whether they will update the figures on the number of cases of BSE in Great Britain. [HL2997]
§ Lord DonoughueThe following table shows the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain during each week of 1997 and during each of the first 29 weeks of this year, together with the moving annual total of cases reported.
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Annual total cases reported (52 week moving total) and number confirmed each week 1997 and January to 17 July 1998 Week Number Number confirmed each week 52 week Total Reported 1997 1 80 10,476 2 203 10,310 3 167 10,146 4 136 9,931 5 103 9,717 6 121 9,523 7 179 9,333 8 136 9,200 9 114 9,042 10 133 8,888 11 86 8,735 12 109 8,529 13 95 8,271 14 16 8,161
Annual total cases reported (52 week moving total) and number confirmed each week 1997 and January to 17 July 1998 Week Number Number confirmed each week 52 week Total Reported 15 74 8,099 16 211 7,980 17 58 7,861 18 112 7,747 19 23 7,660 20 109 7,541 21 195 7,420 22 64 7,314 23 132 7,259 24 76 7,176 25 113 7,096 26 119 7,055 27 73 6,984 28 72 6,900 29 103 6,833 30 86 6,766 31 108 6,697 32 53 6,596 33 43 6,558 34 6 6,471 35 51 6,434 36 79 6,376 37 45 6,271 38 93 6,207 39 84 6,127 40 58 6,072 41 173 6,002 42 95 5,952 43 71 5,889 44 32 5,783 45 82 5,726 46 28 5,721 47 102 5,673 48 76 5,663 49 77 5,640 50 103 5,613 51 25 5,588 52 34 5,595 1998 1 58 5,572 2 65 5,551 3 70 5,524 4 88 5,528 5 89 5,524 6 140 5,497 7 156 5,447 8 122 5,438 9 57 5,426 10 138 5,402 11 56 5,352 12 71 5,309 13 55 5,311 14 94 5,287 15 55 5,271 16 21 5,249 17 41 5,231 18 102 5,186 19 96 5,167 20 36 5,121 21 73 5,100 22 26 5,088 23 31 5,055 24 160 5,046 25 83 5,039 26 63 4,976 27 49 4,950 28 41 4,936 29 61 4,909 Note:
Week 1 is the week ending on the first Friday of the year.
304WAAdjustments to figures published previously for the 52 week total reported for the last week of 1997 and the early weeks of 1998 reflect information which has become available since the reply given on 20 April 1998 (WA 180–181) was prepared.