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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Source of supply | BEFORE TREATMENT | AFTER TREATMENT | ||||||||||
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Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform count | Escherichia coli count | Number of samples | Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform count | E. coli count | ||||||
Number of samples | 20-24 hours at 37°C. | 3 days at 22°C. | Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml. | Count per 100 ml. | Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml. | Count per 100 ml. | 20-24 hours at 37°C. | 3 days at 22°C. | Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml. | Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml. | ||
Thames-derived, *South of River | 1,931 | 10.8 | 99.79 | 100.0 | ||||||||
Bexley Well | 246 | 0.1 | 3 | 99.59 | — | 99 .9 | — | 250 | 0.1 | 6 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(a) Crayford No. 1 | 120 | 0.1 | 7 | 95.00 | 0.3 | 96.27 | 0.1 | } 250 | 66 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
(b) Crayford No. 2 | 124 | 0.2 | 312 | 94.35 | 0.3 | 96.77 | 0.1 | |||||
(c) Crayford No. 3 | 121 | 0.3 | 162 | 93.39 | 0.6 | 95.87 | 04 | |||||
Deptford Well | 219 | 0.1 | 98 | 93.15 | 0.4 | 95.43 | 0.2 | 223 | 0.2 | 98 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Darenth Well | 246 | 0.1 | 18 | 97.15 | 0.1 | 97.97 | 0.1 | 253 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(a) Wansunt No. 1 | 216 | 0.7 | 26 | 98.61 | 0.1 | 99.07 | — | } 252 | 0.0 | 38 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(b) Wansunt No. 2 | 244 | 0.0 | 16 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | |||||
Wilmington Well | 240 | 1.8 | 37 | 89.58 | 1.0 | 94.58 | 0.1 | 246 | 0.4 | 5 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
*Hampton, Surbiton and Walton.