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London County Council 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table 9.—Details op the Analytical Results obtained prom the Treatment op Crude Sewage by Rapid Sedimentation followed by Intermittent Treatment in a Coke.Bed.

Date.Daily average rate of flow of the sewage through the channels.Feet per minute.Average daily samples of the sewage subjected to sedimentation, collected during 24 hours' flow.Average samples of the portion of edimented sewage subjected to coke.bed treatment.
Oxygen absorbed from permanganate in four hours.
By the total oxidisable matter in the sewage.By the dissolved oxidisable matter in the sewage.By the total oxidisable matter in sewage effluent after sedimentation.By the dissolved oxidisable matter in the sewage effluent after sedimentation.By the dissolved oxidisable mattei in the sewage effluent after sedimentation and before coke.bed treatment.By the dissolved oxidisable matter in the effluent from the coke.bed.
1899.
Dec. 2410.66.7354 0825.2043.877......
25906.3924.2275.0514.0204.3162.830
26946.9164.29960744.3923.7202081
27837.2455.1026.5305.2043.8552081
2811.580615.7146.73556124.4002.000
2912.88.9895.55571715.4543.6001.700
305.879383 09361463.7503.5001.660
315.27.1874.2705.8763195......
1900.
Jan. 1997.08340615.41641662.9631.394
2716.5623.6465 8333.7503.7081.650
3637.7454.7056.3724.7055.1062172
44360193.8834.17436894.4802059
54.86.9565.3266.5215.0004.7362.020
6516.3333.8885.3334.00038261.913
7596.3333.44454443.777...
86.96.5934.6156.2524.6153.7001.500
97.37.2344.4896.48940422.8001.300
106571745.10960875.2173.3331.616
11636 7394.7826.08750003.7371.212
12567.7665.0006.4905.3194.2171.992
135.86.9894.5165.6984.6224.6022.043
Average percentage purification7.470954.4675.9524.4483.922 12.21.846
.........1610.0412.1258.7 on the crude sewage. 52.9 on the sedi.mented sewage.