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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

Lambeth 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: SWIMMING BATHS UNDER CONTROL OF THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL I am indebted to the Scientific Adviser of the Greater London Council for the following report on the bacteriological examination of the water during 1972.

SWIMMING BATHS UNDER CONTROL OF THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL I am indebted to the Scientific Adviser of the Greater London Council for the following report on the bacteriological examination of the water during 1972.

Swimming BathNumber of samplesColonies per ml. at 37°C.24 hrs.Presumptive Coliform without E. coli 100 ml.E. coli in 100 ml.
0-1011-100More than 100
Shirley Oaks Residential Home21201———
Dick Sheppard School871———
Ashby Mill School formerly
Parkside1818————
St. Martin-in-the-Fields School181422—2

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Brockwell Park and Kennington Park lidos are not sampled and tested by
the GLC.
At St. Martin-in-the-Fields School, where on one occasion an unsatisfactory
result was obtained this was due to a power cut which prevented the purification
plant from working.