[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough.
- Bexhill (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1918
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The diflerent sources of supply are drawn from the sandstone beneath the upper clay and removed from any possible chance of contamination. I am informed by the Company s Engineer that the average daily output amounts to 728,916 gallons. The number of houses in liexhill supplied by the Water Company at the end of the year was 3,018, and of hotels, shops stables, &c., 199. ^ ’ I he number of houses to which the Water Company’s water was laid on during the year was 9. The hamlet of Norman’s Bay, which used to be known as 1 evensey Sluice, is outside the area of the Town supply, most of the houses have rain water cisterns, and there is a supply of w^ater drawn from the river Haven, which is passed through a shingle and sand filter into a storage tank whence the inhabitants can obtain it by means of a pump fixed over the tank. The quarterly analysis by Dr. Bernard Dyer are here appended:— j ^ Analyiical Labokaiory, 17) Great Tower Street, Eon PON, E.C. Results of Analysis of Samples of Town Water. No. I. 12 th Dec. 17. Grains per gallon. Total Dissolved matter i6-8o Loss on Incineration of Residue ... Chlorine in Chlorides... (Equal to Chloride of Sodium) ... Nitrogen in Nitrates ] (Equal to Nitric Acid) j Free (actual or saline) Ammonia... A1 buminoid (organic) Ammonia ... Oxygen absorbed by Oxidisable Organic Matter, &c., from a solution of Perman- ganate of Potash at a temperature of 80° Fahrenheit— In 15 minutes ... -006 In 4 hours ... -on Phosphoric .Wi.l ... traces Appearances in 2ft. tube clear No. 2. 13th May 18. Grains per gallon. i6-8o No. 3. 1st Nov. iS. Grains ] er gallon. 15-68 No. 4. i8th Feb. 19. Grains per gallon. I5'96 I-I2 1-40 I-I2 I-I2 370 3-60 370 370 (6-10) (5-93) (6-io) (6-io) nappreci- able inappreci- able inappreci- able inappreci- able •001 •001 •001 •001 •001 *001 001 •001 •007 ■or I traces clear •005 •011 traces clear •006 ■014 traces clear](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28921471_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
