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 Haringey]
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(Milligrams per litre (unless otherwise stated))
Description of the Sample | No. of samples | Ammoniacal Nitrogen | Album-inoid Nitrogen | Nitrate Nitrogen | Chlorides as CI | Oxygen abs. from Permanganate 4 hrs. at 27° C | Turbidity Units | Colour (Burgess Units) | Hardness (Total) Ca C03 | Hardness (non-carbonate) Ca C03 | PH Value | Phosphate as P04 | Silicate as Si02 | Sul ph-ate as S04 | Natural Fluoride as F | Magne-sium as Mg. | Sodium as Na | Potassium as K | Surface Active Material as Manoxol OT | Elec-tri cal Conductivity (micro-mhos) |
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New River derived | 106 | 0.012 | 0.061 | 4.7 | 41 | 0.60 | 0.1 | 7 | 310 | 83 | 7.9 | 1.6 | 10 | 68 | 0.25 | 5 | 30.8 | 5.3 | 0.02 | 620 |
Thames derived | 371 | 0.024 | 0.083 | 4.4 | 32 | 1.05 | 0.1 | 11 | 282 | 79 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 9 | 58 | 0.25 | 5 | 24.0 | 5.4 | 0.02 | 550 |
BEFORE TREATMENT | AFTER TREATMENT | |||||||||||
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Number of samples | Agar plate count per mil. | Coliform count | Escherichia Coli count | Number of samples | Agar plate count per miI. | Coliform count | Escherichia 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. | |||
New River derived | 1,502 | 77.6 | 45.27 | 10.0 | 61.78 | 2.7 | 514 | 13.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
Thames derived | 8,196 | 66.5 | 39.79 | 19.0 | 53.97 | 7.0 | 3,698 | 12.9 | 99.89 | 100.0 |