§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish in the Official Report an updated table showing the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain each week during 1998 and 1999 to date, together with the moving annual total of cases reported in each 52 week period. [HL769]
§ Lord DonoughueThe following table shows the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain during each week of 1998 and each week of 1999 up to
64WA1 February, together with the moving annual total of cases reported for this period.
1998 Week number Number confirmed each week 52 week total reported 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 5,310 14 94 5,286 15 55 5,270 16 21 5,248 17 41 5,230 18 102 5,185 19 96 5,166 20 36 5,120 21 73 5,099 22 26 5,087 23 31 5,054 24 160 5,047 25 83 5,039 26 63 4,975 27 49 4,949 28 41 4,935 29 61 4,909 30 36 4,880 31 23 4,853 32 20 4,833 33 37 4,792 34 20 4,767 35 42 4,736 36 47 4,665 37 30 4,675 38 46 4,658 39 50 4,637 40 41 4,620 41 20 4,617 42 38 4,585 43 16 4,548 44 12 4,555 45 119 4,553 46 165 4,510 47 79 4,488 48 199 4,430 49 115 4,370 50 95 4,352 51 32 4,324 52 21 4,310 53 2 4,274
1999 Week number Number confirmed each week 52 week total reported 1 16 4,235 2 131 4,228 3 90 4,174 4 90 4,148