[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Q allowing for houses supplied in outlying districts, gives about 31^ gallons per head per day for all purposes, and more could have been pumped in if necessary. Former reports compared with this will show that the quantity and quality of the water remain practically the same year by year. It is very satisfactory to have a source so comparatively independent of variations in the amount of rainfall. I submit the report of a typical analysis of Eastbourne water, the samples being taken in the summer and reported on by Professor Frankland. Mr. Wynter Blyth's (Borough Analyst) reports give similar results. It will be noticed that reports on both series of mains, high and low service, and on the well itself are included. There are no nitrites in the water and no trace of any poisonous metal. Chemical Laboratories, The University, Birmingham, January joth, igog. Dear Sir, Herewith I enclose a tabular statement of the results obtained in the chemical analysis of the several samples of water sent to me from Eastbourne on the 15th inst. The samples from the high and low service mains were almost quite clear, they were palatable, of an extremely high degree of organic purity, as wTell as of only moderate hardness. Thus the water distributed in the town was of most excellent quality for drinking and domestic purposes generally. The sample from the Friston Well contained practically the same proportion of chlorides and nitrates as were present in the water of the service mains. I am, faithfully yours, PERCY F. FRANKLAND.