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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
SOUTHWARK DISTRICT WATER. (Parts per 100,000.)
| Month. | Total Solid Matters | Ammonia. | Albuminoid 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 unitv. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 hours at 80o F. | 1 hour at 122o F. | Kent. | South-wark. | |||||||||||
| January | 34.26 | .0 | .003 | .282 | .296 | .163 | .014 | .112 | .120 | 1.6 | Very pale yellow | Good | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| February | 34.08 | .0 | .010 | .256 | .227 | .208 | .021 | .139 | .151 | 1.55 | Do. do. | Indifferent | .9 | 3.9 |
| March | 31.66 | .0 | .0065 | .316 | .334 | .196 | .018 | .076 | .083 | 1.5 | Do. do. | Good | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| April | 29.32 | .0 | .0065 | .223 | .245 | .123 | .012 | .075 | .082 | 1.55 | Do. do. | Do. | .8 | 2.3 |
| May | 28.96 | .0 | .006 | .255 | .268 | .134 | .013 | .068 | .074 | 1.55 | Do. do. | Do. | .8 | 2.5 |
| June | 29.32 | .0 | .0065 | .248 | .261 | .167 | .013 | .086 | .093 | 1.55 | Do. do. | Do. | .6 | 3.1 |
| July | 27.60 | .0 | .006 | .207 | .219 | .115 | .012 | .062 | .068 | 1.55 | Do. do. | Do. | .9 | 2.2 |
| August | 27.32 | .0 | .0065 | .173 | .186 | .137 | .013 | .067 | .073 | 1.55 | Do. do. | Do. | .7 | 2.5 |
| September ... | 27.54 | .0 | .0055 | .189 | .202 | .096 | .013 | .059 | .063 | 1.7 | Do. do. | Do. | .8 | 1.8 |
| October | 28.54 | .0 | .005 | .240 | .254 | .113 | .014 | .055 | .060 | 1.7 | Do. do. | Do. | .9 | 2.2 |
| November ... | 31.40 | .0 | .007 | .261 | .279 | .172 | .018 | .076 | .084 | 1.8 | Do. do. | Do. | .9 | 3.2 |
| December ... | 30.66 | .0045 | .010 | .300 | .328 | .232 | .024 | .113 | .121 | 1.9 | Pale yellow | Fair | .8 | 4.3 |