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 Lewisham Borough]
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Source of supply | BEFORE TREATMENT | AFTER TREATMENT | ||||||||||
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Number of samples | Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform count | Escherichia coli count | Agar plate count per. ml. | Coli-form count | E.coli count | ||||||
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. | Number of samples | 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. | ||
Bexley | 250 | 0.1 | 3 | 99.60 | — | 99.60 | — | 256 | — | 2 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Darenth | 251 | 0.1 | 4 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | 256 | 0.1 | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Deptford | 253 | 0.2 | 21 | 97.63 | — | 98.42 | — | 256 | 2.0 | 48 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Wilmington No. 1 | 51 | 0.1 | 4 | 96.08 | — | 96.08 | - | 218 | 0.2 | 7 | 99.54 | 100.0 |
„ No. 2 | 168 | 0.7 | 14 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||
All Thames-Derived | 3,888 | 7.3 | 140 | 99.92 | 100.0 |