[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford U.D.C.

  • Castleford (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' rubric'' ayfiitiiTrin'^ x^aoi'is. Bactv-riological Examination of ^'atGr. Th^, standards laid dov/n by the- Ministry of Ilcalth, as to the purity of the water in swiroiniinK baths arc as follov/s;- Tho water should contain not less than 0.2 nor more than 0.5 parts per million of fr^e chlorine.. ' at-er v/ith this free chlorine content which has be^:.n efficiently clarified by filtration wil] five satisfactory bacteriological counts approximating to drinking v/ater standards. • The V'/at^-r should bo kept alkaline in reaction and the pH value should be '^^6 - SoO. During the sv/imminp' season two samples of bath water were taken with the followin-' rcsultss- .rresumptivc B.Coli Free ch lor ill. in No. Date !in loo ml. of water. P .T1 .Value 1,000,000 parts of water. 4 18/4/45 > 1 loO plus 6,0 Nil. 5 25/6/45 1 Nil e6 Nil, As a result of this the J‘:aths Conmiitteo decided to instal —■^n'^-2tRmnriTcPGW''7gdht5~ahH''afrh^^ Weiv made to this end. It was not possibli-; to obtain the apparatus before the end of the 194-5 season, but it will be in operation at the conmence-ment ot the 1946 season. Air 1 ollution. Observations were carried out at 2 stations, one in Carlton Street and one at Redhill, The results for sootfall and sulphur content are tabulated belov/;- Month Sootfa Tons per sc. 11 mile per mionth SuIphur M 'ms per day Carlton'* St. Redhill Carlton St, ncdhill January 17.52 3.93 2.96 February 17.00 10.99 3.64 - March 13.5c 16.91 3.83 - April 14.09 15.04 2,39 4.27 May 15.02 39.13 2,79, - Juno 20.26 16.19 1.98 3.03 July 43.12 14.12 2o01 _ August 8,70 17.83 - 1.53 September 22.24 - - October • 18.89 23.96 - November 14.69 5.61 2.14 - December ■ 1 '‘12.32 3.65 3-42 Annual Sootfall, Carlton Street Redhill Sulphur Estiiriation. Carlton Stre'et Redhill 225*00 tons per sq. mxilo, 206',96 tons pur sq, mile. 2.96 milligrammes of SO^ per day. 3.05 do. do.