[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster U.D.C.
- Warminster (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![REPORT on Jd.e Analysis of a Sample of Water received on ~22,4/54 from Warminster Police Station. Physical Characters - Clear colourless water. CHEMICAL r Parts per 100,000 Reaction ,,.-, Acid pH 6.1 after aeration alkaline pH 7.2 Saline and free .Armenia . Nil Organic (or albumjnoid) ammonia . 0.003 Chlorides *. ». . - * .... .... 2.1 Nitrogenas nitrates .. 0.35 Total u«a dness 0 ? , . . . .. 5.8 (a^ Temporary .. 1.1 (bj Permanent ... 4.7 Poisonous Metal .. Nil Nitri lie s ....... .... Nil Microscopical examination of the Sediment. Nil OPINION: Free chlorine 5.15 p.m. 22.4.54 = Nil This is a ,good soft water but its acid character makes it potentially metal solvent. Date. 26,4*54- REPORT__cn _the ann]ysis of a Sample of Water received on 51.5»~r4 from v^oefbury Road Borehole. Physical Characters - A clear colourless water. CHEMICAL * Parts per 100,000 Reaction ...Alkaline pH 7.3 Saline and free .Ammonia . 0.002 Organic (or albuminoid) ammonia .. 0.001 Oxygen absorbed from permanganate in tjo hours at 27°C... 0.014 ChloricAs «.... 1.4 Nitrogenas nitrates . 0.3 Total Hardness ... 19.0 (a) Temporary *. 13.2 (b) Permanent . 5.8 POlSCliGu-S a '.Is o*o o»..««.......... Nil Nitrites .. Nil Microscopical examination of the Sediment . No particles seen. OPINION.; Total S.olp-ds - 30 parts per 100,000 Dissolved = 3.Q parts per 100,000 Solids .in suspension = Nil A bacteriological examination was carried out on this sample. As this.vas not taken under the same conditions as Sample No. 7788, this would account for the discrepancy in the result. Date; 10.6t54*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30234372_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
