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SECTION III
General Sanitary Matters.
Water Supply.
Water is supplied to the District by the South West Suburban
Water Company. The only houses supplied from wells, are a few in
the outlying parts.
Samples of water from the mains on the North and South Sides,
were submitted for Analysis in July.
LABORATORY OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY.
Telephone No.: 1259, Pcuddington. Telegraphic AddressClinician, London
62, Queen Anne Street,
London, W.
Reference Number J Date, gth July, /902.
Report on Chemical Analysis of a Sample of Water.
To Dk. Windle,
Southall-Norwood Urban District Council.
I beg to submit the following Report on the chemical analysis of a sample
of water, marked I2w., received from you on 7/7/02 :—
Note.—The results are all expressed in grains per gallon.
Free ammonia 0.0014
Albumenoid ammonia 0.0053
Total solid residue (dried at 220 F.) J8.97
Chlorine 1.4
Equivalent to Sodium chloride 2.3
Nitrites a minute trace
Nitrogen existing as nitrates 0.07
Hardness. Total Hardness 1.27
Permanent Hardness (after boiling) 2.3
Lead or Copper nil
Oxygen absorbed in 4 hours 0.102
Physical characters clear and bright
This is water of satisfactory quality as regards freedom from organic
pollution. It is somewhat hard, but the hardness is largely removed by
boiling.
(Signed) WALTER H. JOLLYMAN
A.I.C., F.C.S.