[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.
- Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1905
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![HARDNESS OF WATER. Three samples are taken daily and examined for hardness. During the first three months of the past year, and up toApril 18th, the softening of the water at Otterbourne was suspended owing to alterations being made in the softening plant. Since the above date the softening has been satisfactorily carried out. A summary of the results for the year for the South Hants supply and for the period during which softening was carried on at Otterbourne is given below — Summary of hardness for 1905. Table V. Source. Hardness. Highest. Lowest. Average. Otterbourne, Graham Road 14-75° 4-0° 6-8° South Hants, Bitterne Park 11-71° 4-0° 6-72° Ditto Atherley Road ... 12-94° 4-38° 6-87° Total samples dealt with during the year :— Food and Drugs— Corporation ... 365 Private 66 Newbury 3°- — 461 General Analyses, &c.— Corporation... 1111 Private 33- -1164 Total ... 1625 Fees received for analyses during 1905 ... . . . /87 6s. od. Fees outstanding on December 31st, 1905 ... ^29 gs. iod. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, ]. BRIERLEY, Public Analyst.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30117847_0089.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
