Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE B.
The Results of the Bacteriological Examinations.
Consecutive No. | Inspector's Numbering. | Volume of apparent filth per million. | Nature of filth. | The degree of acidity per cent. | Number of living micro-organisms per c.c. on gelatine at 20 deg. c. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 B | 100 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .196 | 688,000,000 |
2 | 2 B | 100 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .184 | 29,750,000 |
3 | 3 B | 200 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .184 | 32,000,000 |
4 | 4 B | 200 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli (reddish colour) | .172 | 197,000,000 |
5 | 5 B | 300 | Large number of pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .184 | 11,360,000 |
6 | 6 B | 200 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .176 | 630,000,000 |
7 | 7 B | 300 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .204 | 46,700,000 |
8 B | 400 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .184 | 260,000 | |
9 | 9 B | 400 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .160 | 3,000,000 |
10 | 10 B | 400 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .188 | 35,800 |
11 | 11 B | 200 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .220 | 530,000 |
12 | 12 B | 200 | A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli (some vegetable debris) | .224 | 1,130,000 |