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, 1971 OF WATER SUPPLIED TO THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY
Source of supply | Number of samples | BEFORE TREATMENT | Escherichia coli count | Number of samples | AFTER TREATMENT | |||||||
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Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform 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 | 8,154 | 53.9 | 40.37 | 12.2 | 54.91 | 5.1 | 3,901 | 8.4 | 99.51 | 99.97 | ||
Eynsford Well | 161 | 0.0 | 10 | 98.14 | — | 98.14 | — | 255 | 0.1 | 13 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Eynsford Borehole | 197 | 0.0 | 3 | 99.49 | 0.1 | 99.49 | 0.1 | |||||
Horton Kirby No. 1 Horton Kirby No. 2 | 134 169 | 0.0 0.0 | 29 5 | 88.81 98.22 | 0.3 | 95.52 98.82 | 0.1 | 251 | 0.1 | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Lullingstone No. 1 | 108 | 0.2 | 104 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | 250 | 0.0 | 35 | 99.60 | 100.0 |
Lullingstone No. 2 | 158 | 0.0 | 9 | 98.73 | — | 98.73 | — | |||||
218 | 4.5 | 85 | 12.84 | 18.3 | 31.65 | 5.3 | 254 | 1.1 | 23 | 99.61 | 99.61 | |
169 | 4.8 | 79 | 17.16 | 22.8 | 39.64 | 6.3 | ||||||
Orpington | 251 | 0.2 | 5 | 98.41 | 99.60 | — | 254 | 0.1 | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Shortlands No. 1 | 153 | 0.2 | 44 | 98.69 | — | 99.35 | — | 254 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Shortlands No. 2 | 123 | 0.2 | 30 | 96.75 | 0.1 | 100.0 | — | |||||
223 | 0.2 | 63 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | ||||||
Sundridge No. 1 | 157 | 4.5 | 60 | 99.36 | — | 99.36 | — | |||||
Sundridge No. 2 | 187 | 0.5 | 335 | 99.47 | — | 100.0 | — | 255 | 0.2 | 230 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Sundridge No. 3 | 199 | 0.1 | 513 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | |||||
Sundridge No. 4 | 184 | 1.3 | 382 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | |||||
West Wickham | 114 | 1.4 | 132 | 96.49 | 0.1 | 100.0 | 116 | 0.0 | 47 | 100.0 | 100.0 |