[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Horwich U.D.C.

  • Horwich (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Horwich U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    • SuppLY: Sever«l new schemes have been under discus- resulf Tta view t0 augmenting the supply, but with no definite for a shmtetfmeP y fT“ M<’ntcllf^e caused numberless complaints tor a s^oit time m Ae summer; it was remedied, but we have ■ h“d— expressed m parts per 100.000:— g Jesuits T otal solid matter in solution Organic Carbon ... ../> Organic Nitrogen ... ... f Ammonia • • • • • • « * *« Ammonia from Organic matter by distillation with Alkaline Permanganate Nitrogen as Nitrates & Nitrites* Nitrogen as Nitrates Combined Chlorine „ , montcliffe Hardness— Moderate. Contains decaying Vegetable matter organisms, including a few bacteria -Nearly, but not quite pure. Sample No L Sample No. 2 Montcliffe Blackrod. 38-8 13-2 small small quantities quantities •007 •004 •004 •008 •000 •043 1-3 1-4 and some TT o 0 blackrod. Hardness - Soft. Not quite clear. Contains decaying Organic matter and living organisms,—a few bacteria. ° This sample is slightly polluted, but not seriously. for°theeyeanr 1898.” Pl6aSUre ‘° reC°rd SUch a W deatt ™te I am, Gentlemen. Your obedient Servant, GEORGE H. WHITAKER, Med. Officer of Health.