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 Bexley]
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Source of supply | BEFORE TREATMENT | AFTER TREATMENT | ||||||||||
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Number of samples | Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform count | Escherichia coli count | Number of samples | Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform cou nt | E. coli count | |||||
20-24 hou rs at | 3 days at 22°C. | Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml. | Cou nt per 100 ml. | Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml. | Count per 100 ml. | 20-24 hours at | 3 days at 22°C. | Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml. | Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml. | |||
River Thames—Derived | 8,196 | 66.5 | — | 39.79 | 19.0 | 53.97 | 7.0 | 3,698 | 12.9 | — | 99.89 | 100.0 |
Bexley | 249 | 0.2 | 4 | 99.20 | - | 100.0 | - | 253 | 15.6 | 97 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(a) Crayford No.1 | 146 | 0.1 | 5 | 99.32 | - | 100.0 | - | 253 | 20.9 | 139 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(b) Crayford No.2 | 145 | 0.1 | 134 | 99.31 | - | 100.0 | - | |||||
(c) Crayford No.3 | 113 | 0.0 | 15 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | - | |||||
Darenth | 250 | 0.1 | 13 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | - | 251 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(a) Eynsford Well | 169 | 0.2 | 30 | 99.41 | - | 100.0 | - | 252 | 0.0 | 9 | 99.60 | 99.60 |
(b) Eynsford Borehole | 174 | 0.1 | 4 | 99.43 | - | 99.43 | - | |||||
(a) Horton Kirby No.1 | 196 | 0.2 | 73 | 91.84 | 0.4 | 94.90 | 0.3 | 249 | 0.1 | 8 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(b) Horton Kirby No.2 | 199 | 0.1 | 15 | 94.47 | 0.2 | 96.48 | 0.1 | |||||
(a) Wansunt No.1 | 216 | 2.3 | 96 | 99.07 | - | 100.0 | - | 252 | 0.1 | 49 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(b) Wansunt No.2 | 234 | 0.6 | 48 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | - | |||||
Wilmington | 238 | 0.5 | 46 | 98.74 | - | 99.58 | - | 242 | 0.1 | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 |