London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
London County Council 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| No. | Name of town or district. | Name or number of bed. | Capacity, when empty, of the tank containing the bed. | Original water capacity of the bed in the tank. | Water capacity ef the bed after use. | Number of hours occupied in draining the bed. | Number of days during which the bed had been resting previous to the measurement being made. | Loss of capacity. | Length of time during which the bed was in use. | Number of fillings during the time. | |||||
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| Date. | Gallons. | Percentage of the empty tank. | Date. | Gallons. | Percentage of the empty tank. | Gallons. | Percentage of original water capacity of the bed. | ||||||||
| Gallons. | |||||||||||||||
| Accrington | The beds are not ordinary contact beds, the sewage percolates through The same amount of sewage is being passed through the beds as when | them. they were first constructed. | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Aldershot | No account is taken of the number of fillings. The system having gone | beyond the experimental stage, the beds are brought into use as required. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Acton | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Aylesbury | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Barnsley | It is expected that a reduction in capacity will occur. | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Birmingham | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Blackburn | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bloxwich district of Walsall | 5,000 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Bristol— At Knowle | Continuous process. | |||||||||||||
| At St. John's-lane | |||||||||||||||
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