Foot and Mouth Disease 2001 Outbreak Maps for Great Britain

Daily maps showing the number of confirmed Foot and Mouth Disease cases and suspected premises within infected areas for Great Britain. The data was produced by the UK Government's Animal and Plant Health Agency and covers the week commencing October 1, 2001. Attribution is held by Crown Copyright.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the geographic spread of a major animal disease outbreak based on the daily maps.
• Analyzing the progression of confirmed cases over time based on the weekly time series.
• Studying the relationship between suspected and confirmed premises based on the two reported data layers.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official UK government agency (APHA), suggesting authoritative origins.
• Provides a daily temporal view of the outbreak for a specific week.
• Covers the geographic area of Great Britain with infected areas identified.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; data structure must be inferred from the image files.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• The dataset consists of image files (JPEG), which may limit quantitative analysis without digitization.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official veterinary reports and surveillance data.

Time Range

Week commencing October 1, 2001

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Great Britain (GB)