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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
London County Council 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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TABLE I.—SINGLE AND DOUBLE COKE-BEDS—
| Date. | Number of grains of oxygen absorbed in 4 hours by one gallon of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw sewage. | Effluent from the single coke-bed (4 feet). | Effluent from the primary coke-bed (6 feet). | Effluent from the secondary cokebed (6 feet). | ||
| 1898. | |||||
| August 2 | 4.000 | 1.900 | 2.400 | 1.100 | |
| ,, 3 | 2.500 | 1.500 | 1.600 | .700 | |
| 3.131 | 1.717 | 15.15 | .920 | ||
| Rest on 5th and 6th while the spindle of the pump was being repaired. | |||||
| August 8 | 2.166 | 1.260 | 1.374 | .688 | |
| „ 9 | 3.955 | 1.636 | 1.450 | .802 | |
| „ 10 | 3.333 | 1.343 | 1.343 | .644 | |
| „ 11 | 4.207 | 1.640 | 1.759 | 1.077 | |
| „ 12 | 2.841 | 1.295 | 1.295 | .647 | |
| „ 13 | 1.938 | 1.052 | 1.295 | .490 | |
| „ 15 | 2.254 | 1.052 | 1.176 | .555 | |
| „ 16 | 3.211 | 1.177 | 1.400 | .818 | |
| „ 17 | 3.750 | 1.875 | 1.666 | .737 | |
| „ 18 | 3.333 | 1.666 | 1.666 | 1.010 | |
| „ 19 | 2.580 | 1.400 | 1.284 | .752 | |
| „ 20 | 2.010 | .982 | 1.006 | .642 | |
| „ 22 | 3.933 | 1.641 | 1.422 | .834 | |
| „ 23 | 2.746 | 1.112 | 1.317 | .834 | |
| „ 24 | 4.211 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 1.196 | |
| „ 25 | 2.263 | 1.118 | 1.010 | .660 | |
| „ 25 | 3.044 | 1.236 | 1.010 | .749 | |
| „ 27 | 4.400 | 1.717 | 1.994 | .997 | |
| „ 29 | 2.128 | .957 | 1.383 | .745 | |
| „ 30 | 5.319 | 2.234 | 2.340 | 1.064 | |
| „ 31 | 6.809 | 1.383 | 1.702 | .851 | |
| September 1 | 6.145 | 3.229 | Stopped working | ||
| ,, 2 | 3.617 | 1.064 | |||
| ,, 3 | 4.574 | 1.596 | |||
| ,, 5 | 3.191 | 1.489 | 1.596 | 1.064 | |
| ,, 6 | 5.417 | 2.187 | 2.708 | 1.562 | |
| ,, 8 | 4.632 | 2.211 | 2.316 | 1.684 | |
| ,, 9 | 3.152 | 1.196 | 1.848 | .978 | |
| ,, 10 | 4.516 | .860 | 1.828 | 1.505 | |
| ,, 12 | 4.193 | 1.505 | 2.043 | l.505 | |
| ,, 13 | 4.946 | 2.903 | 2.258 | 1.398 | |
| ,, 14 | 5.319 | 1.915 | 2.447 | 1.596 | |
| ,, 15 | 3.830 | 1.596 | 1.915 | 1.170 | |
| ,, 16 | 6.774 | 3.548 | 4.086 | 3.118 | |
| ,, 17 | 3.298 | 1.277 | 1.596 | 1.064 | |
| ,, 19 | 2.234 | 1.277 | 1.809 | 1.170 | |
| ,, 20 | 5.745 | 1.809 | 2.234 | 1.702 | |
| ,, 21 | 4.574 | 2.128 | 2.128 | 1.489 | |
| ,, 22 | 4.239 | 2.174 | 1.957 | 1.304 | |
| ,, 23 | 6.129 | 1.935 | 3.222 | 2.258 | |
| ,, 24 | 4.444 | 1.778 | 1.889 | .889 | |
| ,, 26 | 2.258 | 1.183 | 1.398 | 1.290 | |
| ,, 27 | 2.128 | 2.234 | 1.489 | ||
| ,, 28 | 2.766 | No sample | 1.915 | 1.170 | |
| ,, 29 | 2.447 | 1.489 | 1.277 | 1.064 | |
| ,, 30 | 3.617 | 2.340 | 2.447 | 1.809 | |
| October 1 | 3.656 | 2.558 | 2.688 | 1.290 | |
| ,, 3 | 3.391 | 1.522 | 1.304 | .978 | |
| ,,4 ......... | 3.898 | 1.809 | 2.021 | 1.383 | |
| „ 5 | 3.643 | 1.848 | 2.391 | 1.522 | |
| ,, 6 | 4.255 | 2.234 | 2.660 | 1.702 | |
| ,, 7 | 3.978 | 2.258 | 2.366 | 1.505 | |
| ,, 8 ...... | 3.991 | 2.340 | 2.340 | 1.596 | |
| ,, 10 | 3.391 | 1.739 | 1.739 | 1.196 | |
| „ 11 | 2.447 | 1.277 | 1.809 | 1.170 | |
| „ 12 | 3.587 | 1.550 | 1.820 | 1.196 | |
| „ 13 | 3.763 | 2.151 | 2.581 | 1.720 | |
| „ 14 | 2.717 | 1.413 | 1.957 | 1.304 | |
| „ 15 | 3.696 | 1.729 | 2.065 | 1.304 | |
| „ 17 | 3.696 | 1.522 | 2.009 | 1.196 | |
| „ 18 | 3.614 | 1.932 | 1.932 | 1.136 | |
| „ 19 | 2.909 | 1.682 | 1.909 | 1.341 | |
| „ 20 | 3.522 | 1.870 | 2.234 | 1.596 | |
| „ 21 | 4.830 | 2.043 | 2.903 | 1.505 | |
| 4.146 | 2.312 | 2.312 | 1.525 | ||