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Lord Marlesford
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will publish in the
Official Report an updated table showing the numbers of cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy confirmed in Great Britain each week during 1999 to date, together with the moving annual total of cases reported in each 52-week period. [HL3853]
Lord Donoughue
The following table shows the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain during each week of 1999 up to 23 July, together with the moving annual total of cases reported for each 52-week period.
| Week number | Number confirmed each week | 52-week total reported |
| 1 | 16 | 4,233 |
| 2 | 131 | 4,227 |
| 3 | 90 | 4,174 |
| 4 | 90 | 4,151 |
| 5 | 50 | 4,127 |
| 6 | 127 | 4,120 |
| 7 | 46 | 4,080 |
| 8 | 74 | 4,053 |
| 9 | 149 | 4,025 |
| 10 | 72 | 4,020 |
| 11 | 91 | 4,000 |
| 12 | 60 | 3,975 |
| 13 | 53 | 3,943 |
| 14 | 31 | 3,909 |
| 15 | 74 | 3,876 |
| 16 | 44 | 3,850 |
| 17 | 59 | 3,823 |
| 18 | 48 | 3,814 |
| 19 | 23 | 3,821 |
| 20 | 66 | 3,781 |
| 21 | 72 | 3,787 |
| 22 | 19 | 3,771 |
| 23 | 24 | 3,762 |
| 24 | 15 | 3,738 |
| 25 | 71 | 3,724 |
| 26 | 79 | 3,698 |
| 27 | 50 | 3,663 |
| 28 | 30 | 3,643 |
| 29 | 38 | 3,619 |
Note:
Week 1 is the week ending Friday 8 January 1999.