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 Richmond]
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AVERAGE RESULTS OF THE CHEMICAL EXAMINATION of the water supplied to the London Borough of Richmond upon
Thames during 1969. Milligrammes per litre (unless otherwise stated).
| Description of the Sample | Number of Samples | Ammoniacal Nitrogen | Albuminoid Nitrogen | Nitrate Nitrogen | Oxygen abs. from KMn044 hrs. at 27° C. | B.O.D 5 days at 20° C. | Hardness (total) CaC03 | Hardness (non-carbonate) CaC03 | Magnesium as Mg | Sodium as Na | Potassium as K | Chloride as CI | Phosphate as P04 | Silicate as Si02 | Sulphate as S04 | Natural Fluoride as F | Surface-active material as Manoxol OT | Turbidity units | Colour (Burgess units) | pH value | Electrical Conductivity (micromhos) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | (21) | (22) | (23) | |||||||||
| Hampton | 53 | 0.015 | 0.088 | 4.3 | 1.05 | 80 | 5 | 24.1 | 5.5 | 32 | 2.2 | 10 | 58 | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 10 | 7.9 | 540 | ||||||||||||
| BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS — YEARLY AVERAGES, 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source of supply | BEFORE TREATMENT | AFTER TREATMENT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of samples | Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform count | Escherichia coli count | Number of samples | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hampton | 1,952 | 89.1 | 41.70 | 14.4 | 55.58 | 4.6 | 1,198 | 13.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||