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London County Council 1900

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

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II.—CROSSNESS RESULTS.

Date.Oxygen absorbed from ermanganate in 4 hours at 80" Fah.Nitious nitrogen.Nitric nitrogen.Oxygen absorbed from permanganate in 4 h mrs at 80° Fah.Nitrous nitrogen.Nitric nitrogen.
By thecrndi liquid. (Total putrefcible matter.)By the clear liquid. (Dissolved putrc-scible matter.)By the crude liquid. (Total putreBcible matter.)By the clear liquid. (Dissolved putrescible matter.)
Continuous treatment. Crude sewage as supplied to the 4-foot coke bed.Continuous treatment. Effluent from the 4-foot coke-bed.
1899.
November7.1224.6960.00500.02092.9802.1100.12160.1857
December ...7.1495.736NilNil4.4443.1170.01560.0914
1900.
January ...4.6103.5870.01240.11252.7821.5460.12161.0008
February ...6.0424.7940.07000.09443.8182.1700.17010.3544
March5.0704.0350.01610.00542.8272.1150.05670.0768
April .........5.6984.4050.01050.04773.7032.3560.11670.1586
May4.9223.715NilNil3.0872.0660.01770.0284
Average for the whole period5.7084.3760.01240.03433.3792.2340.07810.2262
Average percentage purification of the crude sewage............40.848.9......
Intermittent treatment. Settled sewage as supplied to the 13.foot coke.bed.Intermittent treatment. Effluent from the 13.foot coke.bed.
1899.
February 27.March 25• • •4.8560.0026Nil2.2680.02700.0693
March 27.October 9...4.8260.00340.0023...2.5460.03550.1673
October 13.December 2210.1106.5220.00440.00483.7482.7530.05400.1778
1900.
January7.0965.1950.08670.16673.1462.2040.12491.0861
February7.0505.1580.10500.15493.3902.5760.15954.4163
March7.3345.6320.02410.00563.5192.7550.02440.0997
April9.1286.849NilNil4.6673.391Nil0.0191
May5.4804.047NilNil2.5601.7440.03420.0520
June5.3783.944NilNil2.4271.8960.00230.0146
July5.4843.709NilNil2.0921.5590.01170.0074
Average for 19006.3284.6440.03000.04262.8852.1500.05110.2197
Average for the whole period7.1594.9620.01410.01863.0752.3940.04340.1829
Average percentage purification of the crude sewage............57.051.8......