[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough.

  • Stourbridge (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION C. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. Water. There has been no alteration in the water supply. The supply is satisfactory both as regards quality and quantity. There is no filtration, the water being pumped direct into mains. There is, however, a Reservoir at Doctor’s Hill, Stourbridge, serving to augment the pressure, the surplus water during the night going into the Reservoir. Following are the results of the analyses of two samples of the Town water, taken in April and October respectively. No. i No. 2 Physical Characters : Clear, odourless Clear, odourless Deposit very Deposit none. Chemical Examination. (Results in parts slight brown. per 100,000). Solids in Suspension (dried at ioo°C.)' ... Trace None Solids in Solution (dried at ioo°C.) ... 50 55 Solids in Solution. After Ignition ... 44 47 Chlorides calculated as Common Salt 7 9.8 Hardness, Permanent • • • • 13 14 ,, Temporary • • • 15 20 ,, Total • • • • 28 34 Free and Saline Ammonia • • • 0.0008 0.002 Albuminoid Ammonia • • • 0.001 0.003 Nitric Nitrogen (Nitrates) • • • 0.9 1.1 Nitrous Nitrogen (Nitrites) • • • ... None None Oxygen absorbed in 4 hours at 2J°C. 0.006 . 0.013 Toxic metals • • • • • • ... None None detected. detected. Samples of the Town’s water supply are taken monthly in the districts of each of the three Authorities served by the Water Board, and reports are exchanged. The bacteriological analyses of the samples submitted by this Depart- ment were as follows : — No. of Colonies developing upon Date Agar Coli-Aerogenes in 2 days in 3 days (Presumptive at 37°C at 22°C. Coli) Count January Nil 10 Nil March 2 4 Nil April 2 10 Nil June 2 20 Nil August 2 30 Nil October 6 6 Nil December Nil 20 Nil B. Typhosus and Cl. Welchii were absent from all of, and Streptococci were not detected in any of, the samples. The supply is obtained from three boreholes : (1) Coalbournbrook, 501 feet deep, mottled sandstone and pebble beds ; (2) Mill Meadow, 350 feet deep, sandstone ; (3) Tack, (Wordsley), 210 feet deep, mottled sandstone and pebble beds. The latter two are standbys. Nos. 1 and 2