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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
Wandsworth 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Number of Microbe Colonies developed
in each cubic centimetre of
water.
90
Averages of the Monthly Analyses of Water in 1892.
| emperature in Centigrade degrees. | Total Solid Matter, | Organic Carbon. | Organic Nitrogen. | Ammonia. | Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites. | Total Combined Nitrogen. | Chlorine. | Total Hardness. | Proportion Amount of Organic Elements, that in the Kent Companies Water during the 9 years ending 1876being taken as one. | Number of Microbe Colonies developed in each cubic centimetre of water. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Thames water | 13.3 | 29.20 | .260 | 034 | .008 | .162 | .226 | 1.9 | 20.1 | 5.00 | 2908 |
| Southwark and Vauxhall | 11.6 | 29.82 | .178 | .024 | .. | .214 | .239 | 1.8 | 21.0 | 3.4 | 125 |
| Lambeth | 11.2 | 30.34 | .181 | .032 | •• | .255 | .278 | 1.9 | 21.2 | 3.5 | 33 |
Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites.
Total Combined Nitrogen.
Chlorine.
Total Hardness.
Proportion Amount of Organic
Elements, that in the Kent Companies
Water during the 9 years ending 1876
being taken as one.
River Thames water
13.3
29.20
.260
034
.008
.162
.226
1.9
20.1
5.00
2908
Southwark and Vauxhall
11.6
29.82
.178
.024
..
.214
.239
1.8
21.0
3.4
125
Lambeth
11.2
30.34
.181
.032
••
.255
.278
1.9
21.2
3.5
33