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 Greenwich Borough]
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A Summary of Bacteriological Samples taken during the year, with the results of the examinations, is given in the following table, particulars of which were communicated, to the Adoptive Acts Committee and the Baths Superintendent at the time of receipt of the Reports:—
Sample No. | Date & Time | Nature & Temperature | No. of Bathers. | Plate Count per ml. Yeastral Agar 2 days 37°C. | Probable No. of Coliformbacilli, per 100 ml. MacConkey 2 days 37°C. | Faecal Coli. per 100 ml. | Result |
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1 | 15.4.57 12.10 p.m. | 2nd Class Swimming 72°F. | 30 | Less than 10 | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
2 | 9.5.57 14.30 p.m. | 2nd Class Swimming 75°F. | 32 | Nil | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
3 | 9.5.57 14.45 p.m. | 1st Class Swimming 74°F. | 6 | Nil | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
4 | 11.6.57 10 a.m. | 2nd Class Swimming 75°F. | 72 | 10 | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
5 | 11.6.57 10.20 a.m. | 1st Class Swimming 74°F. | 28 | 1,000 | 2 | 2 | Satisfactory |
6 | 17.6.57 11 a.m. | 1st Class Swimming 74°F. | 5 | 250 | 1 | — | Satisfactory ('follow up' to sample No. 5.) |
7 | 25.7.57 14.20 p.m. | 2nd Class Swimming 74°F. | Nil | 50 | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
8 | 25.7.57 14.30 p.m. | 1st Class Swimming 74°F. | 68 | 2 | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
9 | 20.8.57 11.40 a.m. | 2nd Class Swimming 74°F. | 25 | Nil | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
10 | 20.8.57 11.50 a.m. | 1st Class Swimming 74°F. | 43 | Nil | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
11 | 26.9.57 10.30 a.m. | 2nd Class Swimming 75°F. | Nil | 10 | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
12 | 26.9.57 10.40 a.m. | 1st Class Swimming 74°F. | Nil | 10 | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
13 | 6.11.57 14.45 p.m. | 2nd Class Swimming 75°F. | 7 | 2 | Nil | — | Satisfactory |
14 | 10.12.57 11 a.m. | 2nd Class Swimming 75°F. | 47 | 27 | Nil | — | Satisfactory |