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ANALYSIS OF WATER.
Constituents per Imperial Gallon of 70,000
grains.
Bethnal
Green,
B.
Bethnal
Green,
C.
New
River
Water.
Actual and saline Ammonia
0.001
0.004
0.001
Ammonia from organic matter
0.02.3
0.030
0.003
Nitrogen as Nitrates, &c.
4.490
2.820
0.142
Oxygen required to oxidize organic matter, &c.
0.247
0.623
0.033
Carbonate of Lime
32.000
23.700
12.58
Carbonate of Magnesia
0.227
0.831
• •
Carbonate of Soda
..
..
..
Sulphate of Lime
63.623
26.090
2.41
Sulphate of Magnesia
Alkaline Sulphates
..
..
..
Chloride of Sodium
12.98
12.63
1.67
Silica, Alumina, &c.
1.50
1.70
0.38
Nitrate of Magnesia
26.373
16.638
0.84
Organic matter
1.976
4.984
0.26
Total Solid Matter per Gallon, grains
138.679
86.573
18.14
Hardness before boiling, degrees
78.0°
40.1°
14.5°
Hardness after boiling 15 minutes, degrees
32.0
23.6°
3.5°
C. MEYMOTT TIDY, M.B.
Before the day appointed for the hearing, Mr. Jones had filled up his
well, and our opposition was therefore withdrawn. Mr. Richards,
however, declined to submit, and the magistrates, after hearing Dr. Tidy's
evidence, refused to renew the license until the well was closed. This
Mr. Richards agreed to do, and the well was filled up accordingly. The
other cases were all adjourned for a month.
At the re-hearing, Mr. Rees, of Somerford-street, was the first case
taken. The place was in a very dilapidated condition, the paving and
drainage being bad, and the water supply most unsatisfactory, being from
a cistern over a water closet, which it supplies. Since the adjournment,
however, Mr. Rees had commenced some improvements; the water supply
had been altered, and made direct from the main, and the premises,
though not in satisfactory condition, were much improved. In this case,
b