New “British Standards” in Agriculture

Enacting standards in organic agriculture

British Standards for Spectacles.

EARLIER articles have reviewed parts of the work of the British Standards Institution in the field of standardization of spectacles (Brit. J. Ophthal., 1956, 40, 611; 1959, 43, 509), but the publication of B.S. 3521, completing the series of Standards relating to spectacles, provides the opportunity for a general survey. The nine British Standards fall into two categories with some overlap. The...

British Committee for Standards in Haematology

British Orthopaedic Association standards for trauma.

Background and Justification: Over 70,000 hip fractures occur annually in the UK. The total cost of care is over £2 billion with 10% mortality at 30 days and up to 30% mortality at one year. Their care is dependent on close multidisciplinary relationships between many specialties due to the complex nature of these patients, both in terms of their medical co-morbidities and their ability to reha...

Growth in British agriculture: 1945 to present day.

Looking at the agricultural industry over the last 30 years one is immediately struck by three trends: the decline in the numbers of those engaged in the industry, the enlargement and increasing specialization of the average farm and the sustained growth in the volume of output over the period. Detailed statistics are not available for the whole postwar period but those that are available show ...