§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of BSE cases that have been confirmed during each week in 1997 and during each week to date in 1998 together with the moving annual total of cases reported in each 52 week period ending in 1997 and January to April in 1998. [HL1464]
§ 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 14 weeks of this year, together with the moving annual total of cases reported.
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Year 1997 Week number Number confirmed each week 52 week total reported 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 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
Year 1997 Week number Number confirmed each week 52 week total reported 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 5,596
Year 1998 Week number Number confirmed each week 52 week total reported 1 58 5,573 2 65 5,552 3 70 5,525 4 88 5,528 5 89 5,524 6 140 5,496 7 156 5,444 8 122 5,435 9 57 5,421 10 138 5,392 11 56 5,344 12 71 5,302 13 55 5,300 14 94 5,276 Note:
Week 1 is the week ending on the first Friday of the year.