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 or the Bacteria Beds amd 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 drain.ng 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. | Numbfr 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. | ||||||||
37 | Reigate | ||||||||||||||
38 | Rochdale | No loss | of capacity de | tected. | • | ||||||||||
39 | Salford | ||||||||||||||
40 | Sheffield | ||||||||||||||
41 | Southport | Coarse and fine | 16,875 | ... | 7,500 (each) | 44-4 | |||||||||
42 | Swinton and Pentlebury | ||||||||||||||
43 | Wolverhampton | ||||||||||||||
44 | Wednesbury | Primary Secondary | ... | 15,000 35 | |||||||||||
45 | West Bromwich | Single contact | 47,250 | ... | 16,666 | 35.3 | 9,950 | 21.1 | ... | ... | 6,716 | 40.2 | ... | 816 | |
Primary | 157,500 | ... | 45,000 | 28.6 | 29 455 | 18.7 | ... | ... | 15,545 | 34.5 | 12 months | ... | |||
Secondary | 135,300 | ... | 45,000 | 33.3 | 33,337 | 24.6 | 11,663 | 25.9 | 12 months | ||||||
46 | Worcester | No me | asurements as to | capacity have | been made. |