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Tottenham 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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The following analyses have been supplied by
Dr. A. C. Houston, Director of Water Analysis for the
Metropolitan Water Board. They represent the averages of
the Chemical and Bacteriological tests as applied for the
twelve months April 1912 to March 1913 inclusive.
CHEMICAL ANALYSES. Parts per 100,000.
| Fast London (Sunbury) | Kempton Park | New River | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammoniacal Nitrogeu | .0002 | .0008 | .0040 | |
| Albuminoid ,, | .0056 | .0081 | .0032 | |
| Oxidised ,, | .44 | .20 | .29 | |
| Chlorine | 1.92 | 1.45 | 1.89 | |
| Oxygen absorbed from | .0777 | .1058 | .0466 | |
| Permanganate in 3 hours at 8C° F. | ||||
| Hardness | Total | 24.79 | 20.63 | 22.33 |
| Permanent | 8.17 | 5.27 | 4.53 | |
BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSES. Average number of microbes per c.c.
| East London (Sunbury) | Kempton park | New River | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grown upon Agar | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| ,, ,, Gelatine | 16.1 | 15.9 | 12.6 |
The water supplied to Tottenham is hard, but otherwise
is very good for domestic and culinary purposes. Every
care is taken to render it epidemiologically sterile, that is, to
remove all bacteria associated with water-borne epidemic
diseases.