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 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.) | |||||
1899. | ||||||||
November | 7.122 | 4.696 | 0.0050 | 0.0209 | 2.980 | 2.110 | 0.1216 | 0.1857 |
December ... | 7.149 | 5.736 | Nil | Nil | 4.444 | 3.117 | 0.0156 | 0.0914 |
1900. | ||||||||
January ... | 4.610 | 3.587 | 0.0124 | 0.1125 | 2.782 | 1.546 | 0.1216 | 1.0008 |
February ... | 6.042 | 4.794 | 0.0700 | 0.0944 | 3.818 | 2.170 | 0.1701 | 0.3544 |
March | 5.070 | 4.035 | 0.0161 | 0.0054 | 2.827 | 2.115 | 0.0567 | 0.0768 |
April ......... | 5.698 | 4.405 | 0.0105 | 0.0477 | 3.703 | 2.356 | 0.1167 | 0.1586 |
May | 4.922 | 3.715 | Nil | Nil | 3.087 | 2.066 | 0.0177 | 0.0284 |
Average for the whole period | 5.708 | 4.376 | 0.0124 | 0.0343 | 3.379 | 2.234 | 0.0781 | 0.2262 |
Average percentage purification of the crude sewage | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.8 | 48.9 | ... | ... |
1899. | ||||||||
February 27.March 25 | • • • | 4.856 | 0.0026 | Nil | 2.268 | 0.0270 | 0.0693 | |
March 27.October 9 | ... | 4.826 | 0.0034 | 0.0023 | ... | 2.546 | 0.0355 | 0.1673 |
October 13.December 22 | 10.110 | 6.522 | 0.0044 | 0.0048 | 3.748 | 2.753 | 0.0540 | 0.1778 |
1900. | ||||||||
January | 7.096 | 5.195 | 0.0867 | 0.1667 | 3.146 | 2.204 | 0.1249 | 1.0861 |
February | 7.050 | 5.158 | 0.1050 | 0.1549 | 3.390 | 2.576 | 0.1595 | 4.4163 |
March | 7.334 | 5.632 | 0.0241 | 0.0056 | 3.519 | 2.755 | 0.0244 | 0.0997 |
April | 9.128 | 6.849 | Nil | Nil | 4.667 | 3.391 | Nil | 0.0191 |
May | 5.480 | 4.047 | Nil | Nil | 2.560 | 1.744 | 0.0342 | 0.0520 |
June | 5.378 | 3.944 | Nil | Nil | 2.427 | 1.896 | 0.0023 | 0.0146 |
July | 5.484 | 3.709 | Nil | Nil | 2.092 | 1.559 | 0.0117 | 0.0074 |
Average for 1900 | 6.328 | 4.644 | 0.0300 | 0.0426 | 2.885 | 2.150 | 0.0511 | 0.2197 |
Average for the whole period | 7.159 | 4.962 | 0.0141 | 0.0186 | 3.075 | 2.394 | 0.0434 | 0.1829 |
Average percentage purification of the crude sewage | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57.0 | 51.8 | ... | ... |