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THOMPSON YATES LABORATORIES REPORT 
Class II 
Water supplied for ordinary purposes — Systematic fortnightly and monthly examinations of 
tiie drinking water have been made. The samples of water are collected by a member of the 
bacteriologist's staff in small sterilized bottles, and plate cultivations made as quickly as possible 
after collecting. The analyses show that the water supplied to the city is very good. No 
pathogenic forms have been isolated, but numerous other non-pathogenic forms, such as would 
have been expected in wholesome water, have been met with. These are kept and propagated in 
the laboratory, and are always useful for reference. 
The following are the sources which have been examined. : — 
Fortn igbt/y Exa m ina tions — 
Ashton Hall Tap. 
Fortnightly Examinations — 
Windsor Well. 
Wells — -! Dudlow Lane Well. 
Green Lane Well. 
Prescot- 
Vyrnwy Water. 
Rivington Water. 
Mixed Water. 
Water — Fortnightly Samples. 
Source. 
Date 
Time of 
Time of 
Bacteria 
present. 
1898. 
collecting. 
examination. 
Gelatine, 
per c.c. 
Agar, 
per c.c. 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Jan. 24th 
5 30 pm. 
46 
4 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Feb. /th 
1 1 am. 
1 1 am. 
60 
14 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Feb. 20th 
2 pm. 
2 pm. 
14 
I 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Mar. 7th 
1 1 30 am. 
1 1 30 am. 
24 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Mar. 15 th 
5 pm- 
5 pm. 
60 
2 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Mar. 6th 
2 pm. 
2 pm. 
60 
4 
Ashton Hall Tap 
April 1 8th 
1 1 am. 
I I am. 
80 
6 
Ashton Hall Tap 
April 25th 
■ 3 pm- 
3 pm. 
30 
14 
Ashton Hall Tap 
May 15 th 
11 am. 
1 1 am. 
50 
8 
Ashton Hall Tap 
May 27th 
I 2 am. 
12 am. 
94 
14 
Ashton Hall Tap 
June loth 
1 1 am. 
1 1 am. 
92 
17 
Ashton Hall Tap 
June 22nd 
3 pm. 
3 pm. 
27 
1 1 
Ashton Hall Tap 
July 25 th 
10 am. 
10 am. 
100 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Aug. 6th 
9 30 am. 
9 30 am. 
30 
8 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Aug. 18 th 
3 pm. 
3 pm. 
33 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Sep. 3rd 
10 am. 
10 am. 
54 
17 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Sep. 1 7th 
I I am. 
1 1 am. 
140 
170 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Sep. 26th 
I 2 am. 
I 2 am. 
36 
14 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Oct. 15th 
10 am. 
10 am. 
40 
6 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Oct. 25 th 
9 am. 
9 am. 
70 
4 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Nov. 1 2th 
9 am. 
9 10 am. 
1 20 
27 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Nov. 25th 
2 pm. 
2 10 pm. 
6 
Ashton Hall Tap 
Dec. 19th 
4 pm. 
4 5 pm. 
3 
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