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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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Table 3. Particulars as to the Capacity of the Bacteria beds and Ag T0 THE LOSg 0F Capacity during working.
| No. | Name of town or di6triot. | Name or number of bed. | Capacity, when empty, of the tank containing the bed. Gallons. | 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 ef fillings during the time. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date. | Gallons. | Percentage of the empty tank. | Date. | Gallons. | Percentage of the empty tank. | Gallons. | Percentage of original water capacity of the bed. | ||||||||
| 26 | Leeds | No. 1 Coarse bed | 174,800 | 83,300 | 47.7 | 2 Dec., '97 | 63,400 | 36.3 | ... | ... | 19,900 | 23.9 | 9 weeks | 284 | |
| 16 „ '97 | 58,800 | 33.6 | ... | ... | 4,600 | 5.5 | 2 ,, | ||||||||
| 30 „ '97 | 57,100 | 32.7 | ... | ... | 1,700 | 2.0 | 2 ,, | ||||||||
| 13 Jan., '98 | 51,100 | 29.2 | ... | ... | 6,000 | 7.2 | 2 ,, | ||||||||
| 27 „ '98 | 45,400 | 26.0 | ... | ... | 5,700 | 6.8 | 2 weeks | ||||||||
| 2 Mar., '98 | 52,100 | 29.8 | ... | (increase) | 6,700 | 8.0 | ... | ||||||||
| 14 „ '98 | 52,300 | 29.9 | ... | (increase) | 200 | 0.2 | ... | 315 | |||||||
| 26 „ '98 | 46,100 | 26.4 | ... | ... | 6,200 | 7.4 | ... | ||||||||
| 9 April,'98 | 42,900 | 24.5 | ... | ... | 3,200 | 3.8 | ... | ||||||||
| 23 „ '98 | 40,100 | 22.9 | ... | ... | 2,800 | 3.4 | ... | ||||||||
| 6 May, '98 | 45,800 | 26.2 | ... | 7(increase) | 5,700 | 6.8 | ... | ||||||||
| 20 „ '98 | 44.300 | 25.3 | ... | ... | 1,500 | 1.8 | ... | ||||||||
| 2 June, '98 | 44,600 | 25.5 | ... | (increase) | 300 | 0.4 | ... | ||||||||
| 16 „ '98 | 43,200 | 24.7 | ... | ... | 1,400 | 1.7 | ... | ||||||||
| 28 July, '98 | 56,500 | 32.3 | ... | 38 (increase) | 13,300 | 16.0 | ... | ||||||||
| 11 Aug., '98 | 45,800 | 26.2 | ... | ... | 10,700 | 12.8 | ... | ||||||||
| 25 „ '98 | 42,400 | 24.3 | ... | ... | 3,400 | 4. 1 | ... | ||||||||
| 8 Sept., '98 | 41,000 | 23.5 | ... | ... | 1,400 | 1.7 | ... | ||||||||
| 18 Nov., '98 | 42,200 | 24.1 | ... | (increase) | 1,200 | 1.4 | ... | 135 | |||||||
| 7 Oct., '99 | 26,900 | 15.4 | ... | ... | 15,300 | 18.1 | |||||||||
| No. 3 | 102,094 | ... | 51,800 | 50.7 | 1 July, '00 | 18,200 | 17.8 | ... | ... | 33,600 | 64.9 | ||||
| 5 | 102,094 | ... | 53,100 | 520 | 20 „ '00 | 16,600 | 16.3 | ... | ... | 37,500 | 70.6 | ||||
| 7 | 177,187 | ... | 55,700 | 31.4 | 5 „ '00 | 25,600 | 14.5 | ... | ... | 30,100 | 54.0 | ||||
| 8 | 94,500 | ... | 29,500 | 31.2 | 1 „ '00 | 11,000 | 11.6 | ... | ... | 18,500 | 62.7 | ||||
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