HL Deb 20 April 1998 vol 588 cc180-1WA
Lord Marlesford

asked 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 Donoughue

The 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.

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.