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Marylebone 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone]
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(3) Bacteriological Examination.
Mr. Meredith Blyth, B.Sc. (Lond.), reports in a
tabular form as follows :—
Total
number
per c.c.
Sporebearing,
organisms
in 10 c.c.
Total
number of
organisms
growing
on phenolgelatin,
per c.c.
*Bacillus
Coli Communis.
*Bacillus
Sporogenes
Enteritidis
(Klein).
Grand Junction
taken 9.30 a.m.
June 22nd, Mary -
lebone Road 24 11 11 — —
West Middlesex
9.30 a.m., June
22nd, Oxford
Street 136 6 30 — —
*A minus sign (—) means that these organisms were not isolated.
In the search for B. Coli and B. Enter. 1000 c.c. of water were used.
TABLE XIII.—Illuminating Power, Pressure, and Quality of the Coal Gas consumed in the Parish during May, 1898.
| For the Quarter ending 30th June, 1898. | Illuminating Power in Sperm Candles. | Mean Pressure in tenths of an inch. | Mean Quantity of Sulphur in 100 cubic feet. | Mean Quantity of Ammonia in 100 cubic feet. | Sulphuretted Hydrogen. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | *Mean of observations. | Highest. | Lowest. | Highest. | Lowest. | Grains. | Grains. | ||
| COMMON GAS | April | 16.1 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 35.0 | 15.5 | 10.7 | .06 | None. |
| May | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 35.1 | 15.7 | 11.1 | .11 | ,, | |
| June | 16.3 | 16.5 | 160 | 34.8 | 15.5 | 9.9 | .21 | ,, | |