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 Bromley]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS—YEARLY AVERAGES, 1969 OF WATER SUPPLIED TO THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY
Source of supply | Number of samples | BEFORE TREATMENT | Number of samples | AFTER TREATMENT | ||||||||
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Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform count | Escherichia coli count | Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform count | E. coli count | |||||||
20-24 hours at 37°C. | 3 days at 22°C. | Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml. | Count per 100 ml. | Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml. | Count per 100 ml. | 20-24 hours at 37°C. | 3 days at 22°C. | Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml. | Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml. | |||
River Thames-Derived | 8,196 | 66.5 | - | 39.79 | 19.0 | 53.97 | 7.0 | 3,698 | 12.9 | — | 99.89 | 100.0 |
Merton | 19 | 2.3 | 10 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | 19 | 0.2 | 2 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(a) Eynsford Well | 169 | 0.2 | 30 | 99.41 | — | 100.0 | - | 252 | 0.0 | 9 | 99.60 | 99.60 |
(b) Eynsford Borehole | 174 | 0.1 | 4 | 99.43 | — | 99.43 | ||||||
(a) Horton Kirby No. 1 | 196 | 0.2 | 73 | 91 .84 | 0.4 | 94.90 | 0.3 | 249 | 0.1 | 8 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(b) Horton Kirby No. 2 | 199 | 0.1 | 15 | 94.47 | 0.2 | 96.48 | 0.1 | |||||
Jewels Wood | 104 | 0.1 | 3 | 99.04 | — | 100.0 | - | 105 | 4.6 | 11 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(a) Lullingstone No. 1 | 166 | 0.1 | 2 | 99.40 | — | 99.40 | - | 248 | 0.1 | 11 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(b) Lullingstone No. 2 | 138 | 0.1 | 1 | 99.28 | — | 100.0 | — | |||||
(a) North Orpington No. 1 | 191 | 1.4 | 13 | 40.31 | 5.5 | 61.8 | 2.3 | 251 | 0.6 | 53 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(b) North Orpington No. 2 | 186 | 2.8 | 31 | 43.01 | 4.2 | 62.4 | 1.6 | |||||
Orpington | 226 | 0.1 | 7 | 98.23 | — | 99.56 | - | 230 | 0.1 | 7 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(a) Shortlands No. 1 | 177 | 0.1 | 31 | 98.31 | — | 99.44 | - | 250 | 0.2 | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(b) Shortlands No. 2 | 171 | 0.1 | 5 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | - | |||||
(c) Shortlands No. 3 | 139 | 0.3 | 51 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | |||||
(a) Sundridge No. 1 | 108 | 0.0 | 1 | 99.07 | — | 99.07 | - | 252 | 0.2 | 185 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
(b) Sundridge No. 2 | 138 | 0.1 | 8 | 99.28 | — | 100.0 | - | |||||
(c) Sundridge No. 3 | 179 | 0.1 | 17 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | - | |||||
(d) Sundridge No. 4 | 171 | 0.2 | 7 | 99.42 | — | 100.0 | —J | |||||
West Wickham | 123 | 0.8 | 67 | 97.56 | 0.1 | 100.0 | - | 118 | 0.1 | 24 | 100.0 | 100.0 |