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 Tottenham District]
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Copies of analyses of the waters from these sources are appended:—
(parts per 100,000)
MONTH | EAST LONDON (Sunbury) | KEMPTON PARK | NEW RIVER | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ammoniacal Nitrogen | Albuminoid Nitrogen | Oxidised Nitrogen | Chlorine | Oxygen absorbed from Permanganate 3 hrs. at 80° F. | Colour tii.ni. brown in a 2ft. tube | Total Hardness | Permanent Hardness | Ammoniacal Nitrogen | Albuminoid Nitrogen | Oxidised Nitrogen . | Chlorine | Oxygen absorbed from Permanganate 3 hrs. at 80° F. | Colour m.m. brown in a 2ft. tube | Total Hardness | Permanent Hardness | Ammoniacal Nitrogen | Albuminoid Nitrogen | Oxidised Nitrogen | Chlorine | Oxygen absorbed from Permanganate 3 hrs. at 80° F. | Colour m.m. brown in a 2ft. tube | Total Hardness | Permanent Hardness | |
Averages, 1912.13 | .0002 | .0056 | .44 | 1.92 | .0777 | 16 | 24.79 | 8.17 | .0008 | .0081 | .20 | 1.45 | .1058 | 20 | 20.63 | 5.27 | .0040 | 0032 | .29 | 1.89 | .0466 | 13 | 22.33 | 4.53 |
April | .0002 | .0061 | .50 | 1.92 | .0791 | 16 | 25.50 | 8.40 | 0008 | .0076 | .22 | 1.37 | .1156 | 20 | 21.10 | 4.70 | .0056 | 0038 | .29 | 200 | 0537 | 12 | 19.90 | 4.60 |
May | .0003 | 0058 | .40 | 1.94 | .0684 | 14 | 22.25 | 7.10 | .0025 | 0079 | .19 | 1.37 | .1092 | 21 | 18.28 | 415 | .0104 | .0040 | .19 | 2.23 | .0475 | 13 | 17.38 | 4.43 |
June | .0003 | .0052 | .38 | 1.73 | .0533 | 12 | 21.50 | 6.60 | .0026 | 0071 | .19 | 1.36 | .0851 | 18 | 17.10 | 4.40 | .0044 | .0029 | .22 | 1.91 | .0316 | 9 | 19.00 | 4.40 |
July | .0007 | .0052 | .39 | 1.69 | .0486 | 12 | 21.30 | 6.90 | .0012 | .0060 | 18 | 1.36 | .0675 | 16 | 17.50 | 4.00 | .0031 | .0029 | .24 | 1.87 | .0304 | 10 | 20.00 | 4.00 |
August | .0001 | .0044 | .32 | 1.72 | .0438 | 12 | 21.00 | 6.00 | .0013 | .0060 | .14 | 1.41 | .0652 | 15 | 16.70 | 4.10 | .0041 | .0028 | .24 | 1.89 | .0287 | 9 | 20.40 | 4.00 |
September | .0003 | .0049 | .35 | 1.76 | .0450 | 11 | 24.60 | 7.90 | .0008 | .0062 | .17 | 1.47 | .0680 | 14 | 20.70 | 5.90 | .0040 | .0023 | .25 | 1.90 | .0275 | 8 | 23.50 | 5.80 |
October | .0003 | .0050 | .36 | 1.85 | .0494 | 13 | 24.70 | 7.70 | .0006 | .0064 | .15 | 1.49 | .0697 | 17 | 20.30 | 6.00 | .0020 | .0021 | .29 | 1.80 | .0278 | 10 | 24.60 | 5.40 |
November | .0001 | 0053 | .43 | 1.92 | .0688 | 15 | 24.10 | 800 | .0006 | .0072 | .13 | 1.55 | .0848 | 18 | 20.10 | 5.70 | .0028 | 0027 | .34 | 1.88 | 0359 | 11 | 23.60 | 5.90 |
December | 0001 | .0051 | .45 | 1.97 | .0698 | 17 | 27.20 | 9.10 | 0005 | .0078 | .21 | 1.55 | .0937 | 22 | 23.00 | 6.70 | .0030 | .0025 | .36 | 1.92 | .0299 | 11 | 26.60 | 6.20 |
January | .0002 | .0054 | .47 | 1.91 | .0647 | 16 | 2910 | 9.70 | .0006 | .0062 | .23 | 1.54 | .0853 | 21 | 24.90 | 6.70 | .0019 | .0026 | .41 | 1.84 | .0283 | 12 | 27.80 | 6.80 |
February | .0002 | .0053 | .49 | 1.89 | 0621 | 18 | 30 00 | 9.40 | .0002 | 0051 | .24 | 1.56 | .0765 | 21 | 26.40 | 7.00 | .0030 | .0034 | .37 | 1.97 | .0400 | 14 | 27.40 | 7.10 |
March | .0002 | .0062 | .52 | 2.04 | .0801 | 21 | 30.50 | 10.38 | .0003 | .0068 | .21 | 1.55 | .0968 | 25 | 25.34 | 7.18 | .0055 | .0055 | .37 | 2.04 | 0858 | 22 | 26.52 | 7.05 |
Averages, 1913-14 | .0003 | .0053 | .42 | 1.86 | .0606 | 15 | 2517 | 812 | .0010 | .0067 | .19 | 1.46 | .0848 | 19 | 21.01 | 5.56 | .0041 | .0032 | .29 | 1.93 | .0390 | 12 | 23.02 | 5.45 |
November, '14 | .0001 | .0049 | .26 | 1.77 | .0689 | 29 | 25.28 | 8.60 | .0002 | 0062 | .17 | 1.65 | .0822 | 21 | 24 02 | 6.34 | .0038 | .0020 | .25 | 200 | 0205 | 11 | 26.82 | 7.97 |