Foot and Mouth Disease 2001 Daily Maps for Great Britain, Week of 27.08.2001

Daily maps from the week commencing 27 August 2001 showing the number of confirmed Foot and Mouth Disease cases and suspected premises within each infected area for Great Britain. The maps were produced by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and are subject to Crown Copyright. The data is presented in JPEG image format.

Use Cases

• Visualize the geographic spread of a historical FMD outbreak based on the daily maps.
• Analyze the progression of confirmed cases versus suspected premises over a specific week.
• Study the spatial clustering of infected areas in Great Britain during the 2001 epidemic.

Strengths

• Provides daily visual snapshots of a major agricultural disease outbreak.
• Covers both confirmed cases and suspected premises, offering a view of case investigation.
• Geographic scope is clearly defined as Great Britain.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official veterinary surveillance and reporting systems.

Time Range

Week commencing 27 August 2001.

Freshness

Data is from 2001; historical dataset.

Geography

Great Britain (GB).