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London County Council 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Tables 7.—Particulars of the Treatmknt of Sedimented Chemical Effluent in the
One Acre Coke.Bed.
| Date, 1898. | Sewage chemically treated and sedimented as supplied to the coke.bed. | Coke.bed effluent. | Quantity treated. Gallons. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen absorbed from permanganate in four hours. | Nitrogen as | Oxygen absorbed from permanganate in four hours. | Nitrogen as | ||||||
| By the total oxidisable matter. | By the dissolved oxidisable matter. | Nitrite. | Nitrate. | By the total oxidisable matter. | By the dissolved oxidisable matter. | Nitrite. | Nitrate. | ||
| 1898. | No record as regards total oxidisable matter. | ” | No record as regards total oxidisable matter. | ||||||
| May 12 | 818,680 | ||||||||
| ” 13 | 743,341 | ||||||||
| „14 | 717,669 | ||||||||
| ” 16 | 2.871 | 0.564 | 748,903 | ||||||
| ” 17 | 4.700 | 0.844 | 705,782 | ||||||
| ” 18 | 4.100 | 0.917 | 732,699 | ||||||
| ” 19 | 2.500 | 0.531 | 702,605 | ||||||
| ” 20 | 2.100 | 0.469 | 719,532 | ||||||
| ” 2] | 2.300 | 0.469 | 695,500 | ||||||
| ” 23 | 2.700 | 0.569 | 695,500 | ||||||
| ” 25 | 3.000 | Nil | 0.0029 | 0.520 | 0.0280 | 0.0873 | 749,000 | ||
| ” 26 | 3.300 | ” | 0.0017 | 0.630 | 0.1050 | Nil | 695,500 | ||
| ” 27 | 2.100 | ” | 00059 | 0.480 | 0.0140 | 0.2166 | 722,250 | ||
| ” 28 | 722,250 | ||||||||
| ” 31 | 749,000 | ||||||||
| Jnne 1 | 2.600 | ” | 0.0170 | 0.480 | 0.0210 | 0.0943 | 722,250 | ||
| ” 2 | 2.500 | ” | 0.0115 | 0.460 | 0.0140 | 0.0780 | 703,101 | ||
| ” 3 | 2.500 | ” | 0.0173 | 0.470 | 0.0182 | 0.0971 | 722,250 | ||
| ” 4 | 2.200 | ” | Nil | 0.480 | 0.0210 | 0.1058 | 722,250 | ||
| ” 6 | 2.800 | ” | ” | 0.470 | 0.0140 | 0.1013 | 728,274 | ||
| ” 7 | 3.600 | ” | 0.0115 | 0.690 | 0.0140 | 0.1186 | 722,250 | ||
| ” 8 | 2.800 | ” | Nil | 0.540 | 0.0182 | 0.1086 | 712,205 | ||
| ” 9 | 2.900 | ” | ” | 0.500 | 0.0210 | 0.1116 | 722,250 | ||
| ” 10 | 3.000 | ” | ” | 0.471 | 0.0210 | 0.0943 | 722,250 | ||
| ” 11 | 2.200 | ” | ” | 0.412 | 0.0210 | 0.2096 | 695,500 | ||
| ” 13 | 2.900 | ” | ” | 0.519 | 0.0140 | 0.2570 | 722,250 | ||
| ” 14 | 3.800 | ” | 0.0217 | 0.577 | 0.0252 | 0.2342 | 678,048 | ||
| ” 15 | 3.700 | ” | 0.0115 | 0.663 | 0.0280 | 0.1450 | 678,048 | ||
| ” 16 | 3.100 | ” | 0.0173 | 0.620 | 0.0322 | 0.0716 | 668,750 | ||
| ” 17 | 2.400 | ” | 0.0115 | 0.490 | 0.0182 | 0.0738 | 668,750 | ||
| ”18 | 2.000 | ” | Nil | 0.460 | 0.0350 | 0.0976 | 678,048 | ||
| ” 20 | 2.300 | ” | ” | 0.510 | 0.0420 | 0.1136 | 695,500 | ||
| ” 21 | 2.500 | ” | ” | 0.578 | 0.0280 | 0.1161 | 668,750 | ||
| ” 22 | 2.900 | ” | 0.0115 | 0.520 | 0.0280 | 0.0758 | 668,750 | ||
| ” 23 | 2.800 | ” | 0.0404 | 0.519 | 0.0210 | 0.0943 | 642,000 | ||
| ” 24 | 2.600 | ” | Nil | 0.500 | 0.0182 | 0.1374 | 605,553 | ||
| ”25 | 1.800 | ” | ” | 0.462 | 0.0210 | 0.0712 | 642,000 | ||
| ”27 | 2.500 | ” | ” | 0.481 | 0.0210 | 0.0655 | 668,750 | ||
| ” 28 | 2.500 | ” | ” | 0.425 | 0.0210 | 0.0655 | 642,000 | ||
| ” 29 | 2.800 | ” | ” | 0.453 | 0.0182 | 01893 | 642,000 | ||
| ” 30 | 2.300 | ” | ” | 0.442 | 0.0210 | 0.1002 | 642,000 | ||
| July 1 | 2.300 | ” | ” | 0.463 | 0.0210 | 0.1231 | 642,COO | ||
| ” 2 | 1.600 | ” | ” | 0.505 | 0.0378 | 0.0948 | 642,000 | ||
| ” 4 | 2.200 | ” | ” | 0.432 | 0.0210 | 0.0943 | 652,700 | ||
| 642,000 | |||||||||
| ” 5 | 3.000 | ” | ” | 0.545 | 0.0518 | 0.0922 | 647,350 | ||
| 642,000 | |||||||||
| ” 6 | 2.800 | ” | 0.0461 | 0.596 | 0.0182 | 0.0692 | 642,000 | ||
| 631,300 | |||||||||
| ” 7 | 3.100 | ” | Nil | 0.667 | 0.0140 | 0.0494 | 628,658 | ||
| 636,650 | |||||||||
| ” 8 | 3.000 | ” | ” | 0.657 | 0.0148 | 0.0601 | 642,000 | ||
| 625,950 | |||||||||
| ” 9 | 642,000 | ||||||||
| 502,900 | |||||||||
| ” 11 | 3.500 | ” | 0.0173 | 0.634 | 0.0182 | 0.0798 | 486,850 | ||
| 466,667 | |||||||||
| ” 12 | 3.500 | ” | Nil | 0.683 | 0.0322 | 0.1350 | 540,350 | ||
| 460,287 | |||||||||
| ” 13 | 3.600 | ” | 0.0230 | 0.677 | 0.0252 | 0.1477 | 632,177 | ||
| 588,500 | |||||||||
| ” 14 | 3.400 | ” | 0.0173 | 0.635 | 0.0196 | 0.0957 | 599,200 | ||
| 588,500 | |||||||||
| ” 15 | 3.200 | ” | Nil | 0.667 | 0.0210 | 0.0193 | 622,800 | ||
| ” | 593,850 | ||||||||
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