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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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 of 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. | |||||||||||||||
Burnley— Duck pits (septic tanks) and Woodend works (beds) | |||||||||||||||
Altham works (septic tanks and beds) |