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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Croydon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: The following are the details of the samples taken from the Open Air Swimming Pool, Purley Way, Croydon, and submitted for bacteriological examination to the Borough Pathologist— (continued)—

The following are the details of the samples taken from the Open Air Swimming Pool, Purley Way, Croydon, and submitted for bacteriological examination to the Borough Pathologist— (continued)—

Date taken.Time taken. P.M.Temp, of water. Degrees FAHR.No. of bathers during the day up to time of samplingWeather Conditions.Remarks.Result.
6/7/38 (Inlet)7.3068226Cloudy.Ozone on all day. Filters on continuously for the past 36 hours.No B. Coli in 0.001 c.c. No strept. or staph, aureus present. Organisms: Nil per 1 c.c.
6/7/38 (Outlet)7.3068226Cloudy.Ozone on all day. Filters on continuously for the past 36 hours.No B. Coli in 0.001 c.c. No strept. or staph, aureus present. Organisms: 10 per 1 c.c.
13/7/387.3069847Blue sky, sunny.Ozone on all day. Filters on continuously for the past 36 hours.No B. Coli in 0.001 c.c. No strept. or staph, aureus present. Organisms: Nil per 1 c.c.
20/7/387.30691,141Blue sky.Ozone on all day. Filters on continuously for the past 36 hours.No B. Coli in 50 c.c. or under. No strept. or staph, aureus present. Organisms: Nil per 1 c.c.
27/7/387.15691,451Overcast, cloudy.Ozone on all day. Filters on continuously for the past 36 hours.No B. Coli in 50 c.c. or under. No staph, aureus or strept. present. Organisms: Nil per 1 c.c.