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. 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 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. | ||||||||
27 | Leicester | 1, 2, 3, 4 P | 124,862 | 24 Sept., '98 | 61,865 | 49.5 . | 15 Oct., '98 | 59,066 | 47.3 | 2,799 | 4.5 | 21 days | (7th filling after rest) | ||
21 Dec., '98 | 49,795 | 399 | ... | 9,271 | 150 | 67 „ | |||||||||
16 Feb., '99 | 43,211 | 34.6 | 6,584 | 106 | 57 „ | ||||||||||
3 Mar., '99 | 45,432 | 364 | 3½ | 2,221 | 36 | 15 „ | |||||||||
(increase) | |||||||||||||||
29 Mar., '99 | 43,051 | 34.5 | ... | 2,381 | 38 | 26 „ | (2nd filling after rest) | ||||||||
10 April,'99 | 48,238 | 386 | 10 (increase) | 5,187 | 8.4 | 12 „ | |||||||||
17 May, '99 | 41,859 | 335 | . . * | 6,379 | 10.3 | 37 „ | |||||||||
30 May, 99 | 48,572 | 38.9 | 12 (increase) | 6,713 | 10.9 | 13 „ | |||||||||
4 Oct., '99 | 35,107 | 281 | ... | 13,465 | 21.8 | 128 „ | |||||||||
6 Nov., '99 | 44,232 | 354 | 24 (increase) | 9,125 | 14.7 | 33 „ | |||||||||
6 Nov., '99 | 40,504 | 32.4 | 3,728. | 60 | 0 „ | ||||||||||
28 | Lincoln | 13 | 591,637 | 14 Feb., '01 | 12 May, '01 | 217,500 | 36-8 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 13 weeks | |||
... | ... | ... | ... | 5 Oct., '01 | 150,000 | 25.4 | 7 | 67,500 | ... | 21 ,, | |||||
... | ... | ... | ... | 12 Oct., '01 | 168,750 | 28.5 | 7 (increase) | 18,750 | ... | 1 ,, | |||||
1, 3, 5, 7 | 404,219 | ... | ... | ... | 12 May, '01 | 127,500 | 315 | 11 | ... | ||||||
... | (total) | ... | ... | ... | 16 Sept.,'01 | 101,250 | 250 | 0 | 26,250 | ... | 18 „ | ||||
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 Oct., '01 | 120,000 | 29.7 | 7 ("increase) | 18,750 | ... | 2 „ | ||||
... | ... | ... | • • • | ... | 5 Oct., '01 | 101,250 | 25.0 | 0 | 18,750 | ... | 4 days | ||||
15 | 467,456 | 27 Nov., '01 | 193,750 | 41 | 3 Mar.,'02 | 160,000 | 342 | 0 | 33,750 | 174 | 14 weeks | ||||
... | 5 May, '02 | 150,000 | 32.1 | 0 | 10,000 | 52 | 9 ,, | ||||||||
9 and 11 | 176,256 | 19 Aug., '01 | 70,000 | 39.7 | 0 | ||||||||||
(total) | 21 Nov., '01 | 55,000 | 31.2 | 0 | 15,000 | 13 „ | |||||||||
7 Feb., '02 | 60,000 | 34'0 | 9 (increase) | 5,000 | ... | 11 ,, | |||||||||
12 April,'02 | 60,000 | 34*0 | 5 | ... | ... | 9 „ | |||||||||
5 May, '02 | 54,750 | 311 | 0 | 5,250 | ... | 3 „ | |||||||||
29 | Liverpool (West Derby Sewage Farm) | 1 | 34,594 | 28 June, '99 | 15,575 | 45.0 | 23 April,'00 | 9,375 | 271 | ... | 0 | 6,200 | 398 | 10 months |