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. 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 capacty of the bed. | ||||||||
30 | Manchester | Roscoe coke | 15 Dec., '95 | 1,750 | 5 Jan., '98 | 1,260 | ... | 2 | ... | 490 | 28 | 2 years | |||
... | 7 Jan., '01 | 1,008 | ... | 1 | 258 | 15 | 3 ,, | ||||||||
(Bed had be | en washed) | 17 Jan., '01 | 1,166 | .. | (increase) | 9 | 10 days | ||||||||
26 Mar., '0'2 | 1,008 | .. | ... | 15 | 15 months | ||||||||||
15 Dec '95 | 1,750 | 5 Jan., '98 | 1,330 | ... | 2 | ... | 24 | 2 ,, | |||||||
,, einder | 7 Jan., '01 | 1,080 | ... | ... | 5 ,, | ||||||||||
en washed) | 25 Jan., '01 | 1,224 | ... | 2½ | (increase) | 9 | 5 ,, | ||||||||
26 Mar., '02 | 1,044 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ||||||||||
27 Ort '98 | 4.800 | 15 Nov., '98 | 4,530 | 43 | 3 | ... | 6 | 19 days | |||||||
20 April,'99 | 3,350 | 32 | 2½ | 7 | 25 | 25 weeks | |||||||||
20 Sep., '99 | 3,930 | 37 | 4½ | (increase) | 12 | 47 „ | |||||||||
21 Sep., '99 | 3,520 | 33 | 1¼ | ... | 9 | 47 „ | |||||||||
22 Dec., '99 | 2,860 | 27 | 3 | ... | 14 | 60 ,, | |||||||||
5 July, '00 | 2,660 | 25 | ... | 7 | 200 | 4 | 98 „ | ||||||||
6 July, '00 | 2,280 | 22 | 7½ | ... | 8 | 98 „ | |||||||||
25 Feb., '01 | 2,440 | 23 | ... | 2(increase) | 3 | 131 ,, | |||||||||
20 Mar., '02 | 2,210 | 21 | 10½ | ... | 5 | ... | |||||||||
B | 10,580 | 10 Sept., '98 | 5,004 | 47 | 16 Nov., '98 | 4,530 | 43 | 3 | ... | 474 | 9 | 10 ,, | |||
20 April,'99 | 4,350 | 41 | 2½ | 4 | 32 „ | ||||||||||
22 Sep., '99 | 4,470 | 42 | 3½ | (increase) | 2 | 54 „ | |||||||||
2 Aug., *00 | 2,980 | 28 | 1¼ | 1,490 | 30 | 47 ,, | |||||||||
24 Jan.,'01 | 3,110 | 29 | ... | 7 (increase) | 130 | 3 | 123 „ | ||||||||
22 Mar., '01 | 2,600 | 25 | 1¼ | ... | 510 | 10 | 133 ,, | ||||||||
8 April, '02 | 2,730 | 26 | 11 | (increase) | 130 | 3 | ... | ||||||||
C | 10,580 | 11 April, '99 | 5,000 | 47 | 5 July, '99 | 3,690 | 35 | 4 | 26 | 12 ,, | |||||
14 Sep., '99 | 1,965 | 19 | l½ | ... | 1,725 | 34 | 23 „ | ||||||||
15 Sep., '99 | 2,220 | 21 | 3½ | (increase) | 255 | 5 | 23 „ | ||||||||
26 Sep, '99 | 3,520 | 33 | 11(increase) | 13,00 | 29 | 25 „ | |||||||||
1 June, '00 | 2,580 | 24 | 6 | ... | 940 | 19 | 59 „ | ||||||||
23 Aug.,'00 | 3,100 | 29 | ... | 7(increase) | 520 | 10 | 71 „ | ||||||||
14 Mar., '01 | 2,580 | 24 | ... | 7 | 10 | 100 „ | |||||||||
15 Mar., '01 | 2,230 | 21 | ... | 350 | 7 | 100 ,, | |||||||||
3 April, '02 | 2,250 | 21 | 10½ | (increase) | 4 |