General report on the sanitary condition of the Belgrave sub-district, parish of St. George, Hanover Square, and on the quality of the waters used therein / by C.J.B. Aldis.
- Charles James Berridge Aldis
- Date:
- [1856]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: General report on the sanitary condition of the Belgrave sub-district, parish of St. George, Hanover Square, and on the quality of the waters used therein / by C.J.B. Aldis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![OF THE QUALITY OF THE WATERS. SOURCE OF WATER. Pump in Air. Octavius') II. Smitli’s Distillery,^ Thames Bank, Nov. ( IS, 1856 ) Pump in the Boy all Mews, used at ITer(_ Majesty’s table, Nov. f 19,1856 ) Tap at Buckingham'] Palace, from Tank in j Green Park, supplied ! by Artesian Well, not used at Her Majesty’s table, Nov. 19, 1856... Tap S., in Buckingham Palace, from St. James’s Conduit, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, used at Her Majesty’s table, Nov. 19, 185*6 Pump in the Hon. and) Eev. F. Baring’s yard, ( 9, Grosvenor-crcscent, ( Nov. 25, 1856 ) From Reservoir, Seeth- ing Wells, above King- ston, before filtration, supplied by Chelsea Company, Nov. 30, 1856 Pump in Lord Cosmo Russell’s yard. 66, 11, 1856 Degree of Hardness. Grains of Solid Matter- in an Imperial Gallon of Water. Before Boiling. After Boiling. Inorga- nic Im- purity. Organic im- purity. Total S olid Matter. 30-25 28-5 39-60 4-08 43.68 378 36-3 59-64 4-92 64-56 5*5 5-3 56-64 2-96 59.60 37-5 35-4 50-72 4-48 55-20 60-8 55.5 106-32 1008 116-4 14-8 12-8 17-28 2-80 20.08 REMARKS. -^Contains nitric acid. •^Traco of nitric acid. No trace of nitric acid. Sparkled very much when drawn. Trace of nitric acid. Contains nitric acid. No trace of nitric acid.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22411975_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
