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, 1967 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. | |||
All Thames-derived | 3,578 | 12.2 | 99.75 | 99.97 | ||||||||
Eynsford No. 1(a) | 132 | 0.3 | 9 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | - | 247 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.1 | 100.0 |
Eynsford No. 2(b) | 188 | 0.0 | 5 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | - | |||||
Horton Kirby No. 1(a) | 180 | 0.8 | 25 | 91.67 | 0.8 | 93.33 | 0.5 | 242 | 0.1 | 203 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Horton Kirby No. 2(b) | 215 | 0.1 | 5 | 93.49 | 0.4 | 04.42 | 0.3 | |||||
Jewels Wood | 45 | 0.8 | 61 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | - | 45 | 2.2 | 19 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Lullingstone No. 1(a) | 146 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | - | 254 | 0.1 | 6 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Lullingstone No. 2(b) | 153 | 0.0 | 13 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | - | |||||
North Orpington No. 1(a) | 172 | 3.2 | 52 | 30.23 | 11.0 | 41.86 | 6.6 | 255 | 0.6 | 7 | 99.22 | 99.61 |
North Orpington No. 2(b) | 231 | 1.7 | 27 | 37.66 | 4.2 | 49.35 | 2.3 | |||||
Orpington | 249 | 0.0 | 166 | 99.20 | - | 99.60 | - | 254 | 0.0 | 6 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Shortlands No. 1(a) | 168 | 0.0 | 10 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | — | 219 | 0.0 | 7 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Shortlands No. 2(b) | 190 | 0.2 | 12 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | — | |||||
Shortlands No. 3(c) | 65 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | — | |||||
Sundridge No. 1(a) | 59 | 0.0 | 0 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | 255 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Sundridge No. 2(b) | 60 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | |||||
Sundridge No. 3(c) | 104 | 0.0 | 205 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | |||||
Sundridge No. 4(d) | 103 | 0.0 | 0 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | |||||
West Wickham | 209 | 0.0 | 404 | 97.61 | - | 98.56 | - | 212 | 0.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 100.0 |