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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sutton 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Two thousand, two hundred and eighty-five samples were examined by the Company's Chemist & Bacteriologist during the year: see table below:-
| No. of bacteriological examinations | No. of full chemical analyses | Noo & % of samples showing Coli-Aerogenes in 100 ml. (excluding B.Coli I) | No. & % of samples showing B.Coli present in 100 ml. of sample (Type I) | Total No. of Coli-Aerogenes organisms in 100 ml. of sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | ||||
| Sutton Raw | 309 | 53 | 34 | 10.7 | 4 | 10.3 | 38 |
| Sutton Finished | 315 | 12 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 7 |
| Woodmansteme Raw | 308 | 53 | 4 | 1.3 | Nil | Nil | 4 |
| Woodmansteme Finished | 308 | 12 | 1 | 0.3 | Nil | Nil | 1 |
| Cheam | 313 | 100 | 12 | 3.9 | 3 | 0.1 | 15 |
| Reservoir | 319 | Nil | 6 | 1.9 | 3 | 1.0 | 9 |
| District | 345 | Nil | 26 | 7.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 28 |
| Epsom Finished | 42 | 26 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Oaks Borehole | 26 | 59 | 2 | 8.0 | 2 | 8.0 | 4 |
| Totals | 2,285 | 315 | 89 | 17 | 106 | ||
In relation to those parts of the Borough at Worcester Park and on the
St. Helier Estate at the northern end of the former Carshalton Urban District
Council's area, Dr. Go Windle Taylor, Director of Water Examination to the
Metropolitan Water Board, has supplied the following information:-
" (a) The supply was satisfactory both as to quality and quantity
throughout 1966.
(b) (i) The supply was derived from the following works and
pumping stations:-
River Thames (Southern Group)
No new sources of supply were instituted.
(ii) The number of samples collected and the bacteriological
and chemical analyses of the supply from the above sources
after treatment are shown as follows:-
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