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. | Nature of installation. P.—Permanent. T.—Temporary. | Number of beds. | Distinctive number or name of each bed. | Average or working area of the beds. Square feet. | Measurement of the beds. | Depth of the beds. Feet. | Material and size of the material of which the beds are composed. | Thickness of euch layer of material, arranged in their order in the beds, from the top downwards. | Method of under-drainirg the beds. | Actual or estimated cost of making the bed'. | Actual or estimated cost per acre of making the beds. | Cost of treating sevage per million gailor. | |||||||
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At top. Feet. | At bottom. Feet. | |||||||||||||||||||
47 | York | T | 4 | l | 800 | 40 x 20 | ... | 3 | Clinker, cinder and coke, ¾ inch to 1/4 inch mesh | 3 layers, the largest material at the bottom. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||
2 | 800 | 40 x 20 | ... | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | 800 | 40 x 20 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | 800 | 40 x 20 | ... | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
T | 2 | 1a | 90 x 30 | 2.75 | Clinker, cinder and coke, 1 ½ inch to 3 inch mesh | Layers of coarser material at the top | ||||||||||||||
2a | ... | 90 x 30 | ... | 2.75 | Clinker, cinder and coke, | |||||||||||||||
T | 1 | Ladder filter composed | 4 x 35/12 | ... | 2 | 3/8 inch to 3/8 inch mesh Clinker | ||||||||||||||
of 10 chambers | ||||||||||||||||||||
T | 1 | York filter | 67.5 in diameter | ... | 6.5 | Clinker, ½ inch to 2½ inch mesh | ||||||||||||||
T | 1 | Gravel | 19½ x 111/4 | 3 | Clean gravel, coarse | 4½ inches | ||||||||||||||
„3/8 inch mesh | 4½ inches | |||||||||||||||||||
„ ½ inch „ | 9 inches | |||||||||||||||||||
„¾ inch „ | 9 inches | |||||||||||||||||||
,, ½ inch ,, | 9 inches |