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Wandsworth 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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88 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XXX1X.
SOUTHWARK & VAUXHALL WATER COMPANY.
(Parts per 100,000.)
| Month. | Total Solid Matters | Ammonia. | Albumino1d Ammonia. | Nitrogen as Nitrates | Total combined Nitrates | Organic Carbon. | Organic Nitrogen. | Oxygen required to oxidise | Chlorine | Colour | Quality. | Compared with Kent averages 9 years ending 1876 taken as unity. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 hours at 80º F. | 1 hour at 122º F | Kent | South-wark & Vauxhall. | |||||||||||
| January | 24 .02 | .001 | .010 | .074 | .095 | .195 | .021 | .113 | .126 | 1.85 | very pale yellow | good | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| February | 34.38 | .001 | .010 | .288 | .310 | .236 | .021 | .100 | .109 | 1.95 | do. | fair | .9 | 4.4 |
| March | 33.32 | .0 | .009 | .263 | .287 | .256 | .024 | .117 | .127 | 1.85 | do. | fair | .9 | 47 |
| April | 29.76 | .0 | .0075 | .221 | .236 | .127 | .015 | .093 | .110 | 1.7 | do. | good | .8 | 2.4 |
| May | 31.34 | .0 | .010 | .211 | .235 | .240 | .024 | .107 | .116 | 1.75 | do. | good | .8 | 4.5 |
| June | 27.7 | .001 | .018 | .095 | .145 | .659 | .049 | .207 | .231 | 1.25 | deep brown | unsatisfactory | .9 | 12.00 |
| July | 30.06 | .0 | .009 | .229 | .247 | .143 | .018 | .117 | .128 | 1.55 | very pale yellow | good | .7 | 2.7 |
| August | 30.18 | .0 | .010 | .224 | .250 | .210 | .026 | .122 | .134 | 1.6 | pale yellow | good | .8 | 4.0 |
| September | 31.76 | .0 | .011 | .226 | .254 | .306 | .028 | .129 | .137 | 1.75 | yellow | indifferent | .8 | 5.7 |
| October | 29.3 | .0 | .0155 | .094 | .139 | .473 | .045 | .225 | .238 | 1.4 | pale brown | unsatisfactory | 1.0 | 8.8 |
| November | 35.92 | .0 | .011 | .303 | .329 | .270 | .026 | .178 | .194 | 1.55 | pale yellow | indifferent | 1.1 | 5.00 |
| December | 33.12 | .0 | .013 | .230 | .268 | .350 | .038 | .158 | .168 | 1.50 | do. | ditto | .8 | 6.6 |