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 London County Council]
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Table 8.—(
Date. | Crude sewage. | Coke-bed effluent. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of fillings per day. | Oxygen absorbed from permanganate in four hours by the dissolved putrescible mattei. | Nitrogen as | Oxygen absorbed from permanganate in four hours by the lissolved putrescible matter. | Nitrogen as | |||
Nitrite. | Nitrate. | Nitrite. | Nitrate. | ||||
18,,. | |||||||
May 30 | Two | 3.298 | Nil | Nil | 2021 | 0.007 | 0.253 |
31 | ,, | 3958 | ,, | 2.283 | 0070 | 0.273 | |
June 1 | ,, | 3.263 | ,, | ,, | 1.789 | 0028 | Nil |
2 | ,, | 2.900 | ,, | 1.400 | 0028 | 0128 | |
3 | One | 2.800 | 11 | ,, | 1.5C0 | 0.014 | Trace |
5 | Two | 2.727 | ,, | 1.313 | 0070 | ||
6 | ,, | 3.400 | 0.028 | ,, | 1.900 | 0140 | Nil |
7 | ,, | 3.900 | Nil | ,, | 2.500 | 0 098 | 0.045 |
8 | One | 2.772 | ,, | 1.881 | 0014 | 0.157 | |
9 | ,, | 3.267 | 0.028 | ,, | 1.683 | 0021 | 0.108 |
19 | Two | 3.737 | 0.014 | ,, | 2.020 | 0 084 | 0.320 |
20 | ,, | 2.653 | Nil | ,, | 1.530 | 0.070 | 0.038 |
21 | ,, | 4.388 | ,, | 2.653 | 0.014 | 0.207 | |
22 | ,, | 3.500 | 0007 | Trace | 1.900 | 0028 | 0114 |
23 | ,, | 3.367 | Nil | Nil | 2.041 | Nil | 0.083 |
24 | One | 2.449 | 11 | ,, | 1.326 | 0.042 | 0.039 |
26 | Two | 3.438 | 0014 | ,, | 1.875 | Nil | Trace |
27 | ,, | 2.813 | Nil | ,, | 1.458 | ,, | Nil |
28 | ,, | 2.604 | 0.007 | ,, | 1.458 | 0.028 | 0.204 |
29 | ,, | 1.649 | Nil | ,, | 0.825 | 0007 | Trace |
30 | 91 | 4.845 | 11 | ,, | 2165 | Nil | 0.183 |
July 1 | One | 2165 | Trace | ,, | 1134 | 0035 | 0.256 |
3 | Two | 1.920 | Nil | ,, | 1010 | 0.007 | Trace |
4 | ,, | 1.735 | 11 | ,, | 0.512 | Trace | 0.080 |
5 | ,, | 2020 | 19 | ,, | 1111 | 0.014 | Nil |
6 | ,, | 2.755 | ,, | ,, | 1.224 | 0021 | 0.317 |
7 | One | 1.837 | ,, | 1021 | Trace | 0.148 | |
10 | Two | 2376 | ,, | ,, | 1.386 | Nil | Trace |
11 | ,, | 3000 | Trace | ,, | 1.700 | ,, | 0055 |
14 | ,, | 2.323 | Nil | ,, | 1.414 | 0070 | 0146 |
15 | One | 2.930 | Trace | ,, | 1.515 | Trace | 0.106 |
17 | Two | 4.615 | 11 | Trace | 2.308 | ,, | 0.333 |
18 | ,, | 3.516 | Nil | Nil | 1.319 | Nil | 0134 |
19 | ,, | 2.967 | « | ,, | 1.648 | ,, | Nil |
20 | ,, | 3.696 | Trace | ,, | 2.174 | Trace | 0.083 |
21 | One | 2.777 | Nil | ,, | 1.555 | 0068 | |
25 | Two " | 3152 | ,, | 1.739 | Nil | 0.873 | |
31 | One | 2.222 | ,, | 0.889 | 0.070 | 0.492 | |
Aug. 1 | Two | 2.889 | ,, | 1.222 | Nil | Nil | |
2 | ,, | 4.667 | 2.667 | 91 | 0.485 | ||
3 | ,, | 2.857 | 1.758 | 0.044 | Nil | ||
4 | ,, | 3.763 | 91 | 2.473 | Trace | 0.364 | |
9 | ,, | 3.778 | ,, | 2111 | 0.028 | Nil | |
10 | ,, | 3.736 | 91 | 2.088 | Trace | 0.358 | |
11 | 11 | 3.736 | ,, | 2.527 | Nil | Nil | |
12 | One | 3.804 | ,, | 2.069 | ,, | Trace | |
14 | 11 | 2.527 | ,, | 2.087 | ,, | 0.2647 | |
15 | Two | 3.951 | ,, | 2.790 | ,, | Nil | |
16 | 11 | 3493 | ,, | 1.929 | ,, | 0.5045 | |
21 | One | 4.942 | 11 | ,, | 2.414 | ,, | Nil |
22 | Two | 4.369 | ,, | ,, | 2.896 | ,, | |
23 | 11 | 4045 | 11 | 1.574 | ,, | ,, | |
24 | 19 | 4.943 | ,, | 2.248 | 0.6271 | ||
25 | 11 | 4.118 | ,, | 1.882 | 0056 | 0.1740 | |
26 | One | 3.529 | ,, | 1412 | Trace | 1.1025 | |
28 | Two | 5048 | ,, | 2041 | 00056 | Nil | |
29 | 11 | 5102 | ,, | 2.245 | Trace | Trace | |
30 | 11 | 3.265 | ,, | 2.347 | Nil | 0.5294 | |
31 | 11 | 3.939 | 11 | ,, | 1.919 | 0 035 | Nil |
Sept. 1 | 11 | 3.571 | ,, | ,, | 1.735 | Nil | ,, |
2 | One | 3.300 | ,, | ,, | 1190 | ,, | 0.1765 |
4 | Two | 2 525 | ,, | 1.313 | ,, | Nil | |
5 | 11 | 3.300 | ,, | 1100 | ,, | ,, | |
6 | 11 | 3 030 | ,, | 1.717 | 0.014 | ,, | |
7 | 11 | 3.366 | ,, | 1.735 | 0 028 | 0.3770 | |
9 | One | 2.857 | 11 | ,, | 2.449 | Nil | Nil |
11 | Two | 2.857 | ,, | ,, | 1.633 | ,, | ,, |
12 | 11 | 4.040 | 11 | ,, | 1.616 | 0.3860 | ,, |
13 | 4.286 | ,, | 2.245 | Nil | ,, | ||
14 | 11 | 4.592 | 19 | 1.837 | ,, | ,, | |
15 | 1 | 1.020 | ,, | 11 | 0.918 | ,, | ,, |
16 | One | 2.200 | ,, | ,, | 1.700 | 0.2647 | 0 0112 |
18 | Two | 3.700 | ,, | ,, | 1.400 | Nil | Nil |