[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council.

  • Derbyshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The phosphatase test failures came from the following types of plant:— H.T.S.T. .. 5 Holder .. .. 50 In bottle .. 1 The surprising thing about these figures is not the number of holder failures but those from H.T.S.T. plants—0.9% of the total. However, it is known that one of the five failures was the result of the mixture of properly pasteurised milk and raw milk in a storage tank. The “in- bottle” failure was due entirely to the human element—a bottle of raw milk was wrongly capped as pasteurised and not put through the plant at all. Specified Areas. Under the Food and Drugs Act 1955, sales of milk in a specified area are restricted to “Tuberculin Tested”, “Pasteurised”, and “Sterilised” grades of milk. The Districts in the County already specified are as follows :— The Borough of Ilkeston. The Urban District of Long Eaton. The Parishes of Sandiacre and Stanton-by- Dale in S.E. Derbyshire Rural District. The Borough of Chesterfield. The Urban Districts of Bolsover, Clay Cross, Dronfield, Matlock, Staveley and Wirksworth. The Rural Districts of Blackwell and Chesterfield. The Urban District of Swadlicote. S.E. Derbyshire Rural District (excluding the Parishes of Sandiacre and Stanton-by-Dale already specified). The Parishes of Catton, Castle Gresley, Cauld- well, Coton-in-the-Elms, Drakelow, Linton, Lullington, Netherseal, Overseal, Rosliston and Walton-upon-Trent, all in Repton Rural District. The Rural District of Clowne. The Urban Districts of New Mills and Whaley Bridge. The Borough of Glossop. Date of operation 1st November, 1952. 1st January, 1954. 1st October, 1954. 6th December, 1955. 10th April, 1956. 1st October, 1956. 6th April, 1959. It is estimated that approximately seven-tenths of the population of the administrative County area is now covered by specified areas extending over approximately a third of the acreage.