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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Table 3. Particulars as to the Capacity of the Bacteria Beds and as to the loss of Capacity during working.
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 at 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 durimg 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. | ||||||||
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18 | Evesham | ||||||||||||||
19 | Glasgow | 4 1st contact beds | 72,996 | 17 Sept., '00 | 36,498 32,617 | 50 (estimated) 44.6 (actual) wm | Dec., '00 | 19,700 | 26.9 | ... | ... | 12,917 | 39.6 | 101 days | 167 |
Mar., '01 | 17,492 | 23.9 | ... | ... | 2,208 | 6.8 | 83 „ | 213 | |||||||
May, '01 | 21,412 | 29.3 | ... | 19 | 3,920 gain | 12.0 | 44 „ | 88 | |||||||
Aug., '01 | 20,321 | 27.8 | ... | ... | 1,091 | 3.3 | 87 „ | 174 | |||||||
Nov., '01 | 21,839 | 29.9 | ... | 25 | 1,518 gain | 4.7 | 76 „ | 152 | |||||||
Dec., '01 | 18,981 | 26.0 | ... | ... | 2,858 | 8.8 | 22 „ | 22 | |||||||
Jan., '02 | 19,046 | 26.0 | ... | ... | 65 gain | 0.2 | 42 „ | 42 | |||||||
Mar., '02 | 17,997 | 24.6 | ... | ... | 1,049 | 3.2 | 58 „ | 88 | |||||||
20 | Haslingden, Rawten-stall and Bacup | ||||||||||||||
21 | - Hey wood |