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 Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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AVERAGE RESULTS OF THE CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF WATER SUPPLIED TO BOROUGH OF POPLAR 1962
MILLIGRAMMES PER LITRE (Unless otherwise stated)
Description of the sample | No. of sajnples | Ammonia Nitrogen | Albuminoid Nitrogen | Oxidised Nitrogen | Chlorides as CI. | Oxygen abs. from Permanganate 4 hours at 27° C. | Turbidity units | Colour m. m. Brown 2ft. tube Burgess's Tintometer | Hardness (Total) | |
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Nitrate | Nitrite | |||||||||
Lee Bridge (Lee derived) | 0.043 | 4. 6 | 45 | 13 | 320 | |||||
Hanworth Road | 0.030 | 0.073 | 3.7 | 30 | 1.04 | 0.3 | 11 | |||
Kemp ton Park | 4.0 | 30 | 0.3 | 11 | ||||||
Walton | 0. 077 | 4.4 | 32 | 1.14 | ||||||
Description of the sample (cont.) | Hardness (non- carbonate | PH Value | Phosphate as P04 | Sill icatE as Si02 | Sulphate as S04 | Surface active material as Manoxol | Fluoride as F. | Magnesium as MG | B. 0. D. 5 days at | Electrical conductivity micromhos |
Lee Bridge (Lee derived) | 8.0 | 1.4 | 7 | 101 | 0. 18 | 0. 30 | 7 | |||
Hanworth Road | 60 | 1.2 | 61 | 0. 12 | 0.25 | 6 | 550 | |||
Kempton Park | 56 | 1.3 | 11 | 61 | 0.25 | |||||
Wal ton | 62 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 10 | 0. 12 | 0. 25 | 6 | 540 |
METROPOLITAN WATER BOARD - WATER EXAMINATION DEPARTMENT
BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS - YEARLY AVERAGES, 1962
AFTER TREATMENT | Agar pi ate count per ml. | Cbliform count | E. col i count | ||
Source of supply | Number of samples | 20-24 hours at 37° C. | 3 days at | Per cent samples negative in 100 ml. | Per cent samples negative in 100 ml. |
Lee Bridge (Lee derived | 510 | 23.5 | 99.61 | 99.80 | |
Hanworth Road ( Kempton Park ) | 604 | 19. 1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Walton | 256 | 16.9 | 99.61 | 100.0 |