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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
City of London 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXIII.
A. Analysis of Thames Water.
| Number. | Where taken. | Date. | High water London Bridge. | Time. | nh3 | Alb. nh3 | o Absbd. | no3 | CI. | NaCl. | Solids. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teddington Weir | 5th Nov., 1906. | 4.15 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 0.068 | 0.042 | Grains per gallon. | 313 | 21.00 | Nearly clear. | ||
| 0.097 | 0.24 | 1.90 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Hammersmith Bridge, abreast of London County Council Pier. | Do. | Do. | 11.30 a m. | 0.153 | 0.051 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 2.10 | 3.46' | 25.00 | Slightly turbid. (Ebb.) |
| 3 | Westminster Bridge, 3rd Arch (North side). | Do. | Do. | 10.35 a.m. | 0.170 | 0.051 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 4.00 | 6.60 | 59.00 | Very turbid. (Ebb.) |
| 4 | London Bridge, Centre Arch | Do. | Do. | 10.10 a.m. | 0.195 | 0.051 | 0.110 | 0.10 | 9.30 | 15.35 | 52.00 | Ditto. (Ebb.) |
| 5 | Greenwich, Mid.stream, low water. | 20th Nov., 1906. | 4.46 p.m. | — | 0.102 | 0.0425 | 0.305 | 0.35 | 9.40 | 15.49 | 70.0 | Turbid. Odour absent. |
| 6 | Woolwich, Mid.stream, low water | Do. | Do. | — | 0.1445 | 0.051 | 0.321 | 0.35 | 23.60 | 38.89 | 77.0 | Ditto. |
| 7 | As effluent leaves Barking Outfall. | 12th Oct., 1906. | 8.13 a.m. | 1.35 p.m. | 2.099 | 0.298 | 2.67 | — | 60.9 | 80.3 | 164.0 | Turbid — black deposit. Foul smell. (Ebb.) |
| 8 | 5 yards from ditto | Do. | Do. | 1.40 p.m. | 2.253 | 0.289 | 2.46 | — | 28.6 | 47.1 | 99.0 | Ditto. (Ebb.) |
| 9 | 20 ditto ditto | Do. | Do. | — | 2175 | 0.272 | 2.41 | — | 51.6 | 85.0 | 147.0 | Ditto (Ebb.) |
| 10 | 50 ditto ditto | Do. | Do. | 1.30 p.m. | 2.091 | 0.255 | 2.52 | — | 75.2 | 122.9 | 196.0 | Ditto. (Ebb.) |
| 11 | 100 ditto ditto | Do. | Do. | 1.55 p.m. | 1.012 | 0.128 | 1.36 | — | 293.0 | 483.0 | 630.0 | Ditto. (Ebb.) |
| 12 | 500 ditto ditto (below) | Do. | Do. | 1.20 p.m. | 0.944 | 0.145 | 1.12 | — | 338.0 | 556.9 | 728.0 | Ditto. (Ebb.) |
| 13 | 1,000 ditto ditto (ditto) | Do. | Do. | 2.5 p.m. | 0.807 | 0.119 | 0.98 | — | 367.8 | 606.1 | 766.0 | Turbid. Foul smell. |
| 14 | 1,760 ditto ditto (ditto) | Do. | Do. | 2.12 p.m. | 0.536 | 0.085 | 0.98 | — | 427.4 | 704.3 | 884.0 | Slightly turbid. Foul smell. |
| 15 | 2 miles ditto (ditto) | Do. | Do. | 2.20 p.m. | 0.561 | 0.076 | 1.02 | — | 456.0 | 751.4 | 948.0 | Ditto. |
| 16 | Greenhithe | 26th Oct., 1906. | 8.30 a.m. | 1.20 p.m. | 0.357 | 0.068 | — | — | 738.0 | 1,216.0 | 1,340.0 | Clean. No smell. (Ebb.) |
| 17 | Gravesend, ofif L.C.&D.R. Pier | Do. | Do. | 1.30 p.m. | 0.1105 | 0.1105 | — | — | 907.0 | 1,495.0 | 1,660.0 | Very slightly turbid. No smell. (Ebb.) |
| 18 | Off Chapman Lighthouse | 28th Sept., 1906. | 10.14 p.m. | 12.20 p.m. | 0.0204 | 0.0088 | — | — | 1,247.0 | 2,064.0 | 2,258.0 | Slightly turbid. No perceptible smell. (Ebb.) |
| 19 | Taken at mouth of Outfall discharge pipe, Leigh Creek. | 29th Oct., 1906. | Noon | 1 p.m. | 4.539 | 0.306 | 0.60 | — | 173.95 | 286.65 | 374.1 | Turbid black deposit. Smell, sewagy. (Ebb.) |
| 20 | Leigh Creek (West end of Cockle Huts). | Do. | Do. | 2 p.m. | 0.102 | 0.0595 | — | — | 1,203.0 | 1,983.0 | 2,1750 | Turbid. No smell. (Ebb,) |
| 21 | Between Southend Pier and Leigh Middle Buoy. | Do. | Do. | 12.45 p.m. | 0.037 | 0.008 | — | — | 1,302.0 | 2,158.0 | 2,348.0 | Bather turbid. No perceptible smell, (Ebb.) |
| 22 | Southend Outfall, three yards distant. | Do. | Do. | 12.55 p.m. | 1.079 | 0.199 | — | — | 1,134.0 | 1,846 0 | 2,084.0 | Very turbid. (Ebb.) Very foul smell. |
| 23 | Fifty yards distant | Do. | Do. | 1 p.m. | 0.204 | 0.045 | — | — | 1,282.0 | 2,1130 | 2,409 0 | Smells badly. Rather turbid. (Ebb) |
| 24 | One hundred yards distant | Do. | Do. | 1.5 p.m. | 0.102 | 0.0125 | — | — | 1,30.70 | 2,162.0 | 2,393.0 | Fairly clear. (Ebb) No perceptible smell. |