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Staphylococci in swimming pool water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. B. Crone  and
G. H. Tee
P. B. Crone
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Havelock Hospital, Sunderland SR4 8AE
G. H. Tee
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Glyde Path Road, Dorchester
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During a period of five years 1192 water samples from swimming pools were examined for staphylococci and 338 for coliform organisms only. Eighty-nine different pools were sampled.

Numbers of staphylococci, estimated by the membrane filtration technique did not bear any significant relation to either bathing load or concentration of free chlorine.

Wide variation in the staphylococcal count was observed when different parts of a pool were sampled on the same occasion.

The only practicable standard for pool samples in relation to staphylococci would appear to be that these organisms should be absent from 100 ml. water when the pool has been out of use during at least ten hours before sampling if filtration and chlorination are adequate.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 73 , Issue 2 , October 1974 , pp. 213 - 220
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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