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London County Council 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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CONTENTS.
I.—Brief Summary of the Origin, Method and Results of the Experimental
Bacterial Treatment, with a Statement of Conclusions and
Recommendations.
Introductory.
Origin of the Experimental Bacterial Treatment.
Description of the Bacterial Experiments.
Conclusions arrived at by the Experimental Treatment.
Recommendations founded on the above conclusions.
Summary of Information furnished by Towns and Districts in which the
Bacterial Treatment of Sewage has been employed.
Short Summary of the Evidence given before the Royal Commission on
Sewage Disposal.
II.—Experimental Bacterial Treatment of Crude Sewage at the Northern
Outfall Works (Barking).
1. Tabulated List of the Experiments and of the Bacteria-beds.
2. Summary of the previously reported details of the Experiments in the
Bacterial or Natural Treatment of Sewage at the Northern Outfall
Works, with such additions as are necessary in order to complete the
information up to the end of 1901.
3. Particulars of the Experiments on the Bacterial or Natural Process of
Sewage Purification at the Northern Outfall Works (Barking) which
have not been previously reported.
[III.—Experimental Bacterial Treatment of Crude Sewage at the Southern
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Outfall Works (Crossness).
1. Tabulated list of the Experiments and of the Bacteria-beds.
2. Summary of the details, previously reported, of the Experimental Bacterial
or Natural Treatment of Sewage at the Southern Outfall Works
(Crossness), with such additions as are necessary to complete the
information respecting the experiments.
3. Additional particulars of the Experiments on the Bacterial or Natural
Process of Sewage Purification at the Southern Outfall Works (Crossness).
IV.—Tabulation of the Results of the Chemical Examination of the Crude
Sewage and of the Effluents.
V.—Tabulation of Information respecting the Bacterial or Natural Treatment
of Sewage at various centres throughout the Country.