Weekly Notifiable Infectious Disease Reports from Public Health Surveillance

Cumulative data on notifiable infectious diseases reported to Public Health. The report is generated weekly based on figures recorded by the Duty Room and Surveillance. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Monitor weekly trends in notifiable infectious diseases based on cumulative reporting figures.
• Analyze disease outbreak patterns based on surveillance data collected by public health authorities.
• Model disease transmission dynamics based on weekly aggregated case reports.

Strengths

• Data is generated on a weekly basis, providing regular updates.
• Reports are based on figures from official public health surveillance and duty room systems.
• The dataset is licensed for open use under the Open Government Licence.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Figures recorded by the Duty Room and Surveillance.

Time Range

Weekly basis.

Freshness

Weekly

Geography

Coverage is not specified but likely pertains to the jurisdiction of the reporting Public Health authority.