§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will update the table on the cases of BSE confirmed in Britain each week during the calendar year 2002 to date, together with the moving annual total of cases for each 52-week period. [HL6056]
§ Lord Whitty:The table shows cases of BSE confirmed in Britain each week during the calendar year 2002 to date, together with the moving annual total of cases for each 52-week period. Active and passive surveillance cases are presented separately. See footnote.
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Passive Surveillance Active Surveillance Week No Number confirmed each week Running 52 week total Week No Number confirmed each week Running 52 week total 1 15 899 1 25 168 2 32 890 2 6 178 3 12 881 3 15 203 4 9 861 4 25 206 5 11 837 5 3 234 6 1 839 6 28 239 7 25 835 7 6 253 8 11 811 8 16 265 9 12 791 9 12 264 10 0 771 10 0 261 11 0 790 11 0 261 12 19 792 12 0 261 13 22 768 13 0 310 14 12 756 14 51 331 15 2 769 15 21 360 16 25 773 16 29 390 17 15 771 17 30 396 18 9 757 18 7 406 19 17 755 19 14 408 20 10 759 20 4 435 21 16 768 21 29 434 22 19 774 22 0 467 23 12 761 23 34 466 24 0 782 24 0 479 25 26 765 25 13 506 26 2 775 26 29 503 27 20 787 27 0 514 28 16 781 28 13 522 29 7 777 29 8 523 30 15 771 30 1 532 31 7 772 31 12 540 32 16 756 32 9 541 33 0 758 33 1 563 34 17 758 34 22 567 35 9 749 35 4 581 36 5 734 36 16 581 37 0 728 37 0 600 37 7 712 38 19 600 39 1 699 39 0 610 40 4 693 40 11 617 41 4 692 41 7 633 42 22 694 42 16 642 43 9 690 43 9 647 44 7 659 44 10 652 45 5 654 45 5 646 46 3 659 46 8 644 47 8 649 47 4 641 48 7 645 48 5 660 49 7 646 49 19 648 50 11 622 50 7 647 51 6 596 51 5 643 52 7 584 52 6 622 Please note that the 52-week period runs from 19 October 2001 (week 1) to 18 October 2002 (week 52).
Passive cases: i.e. reported by farmers on the basis of clinical symptoms. Active surveillance: testing of brain when animals die on-farm or are slaughtered at abattoirs.