Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
A total of 1034 water samples were collected from I 8 ho~pitaJs (550 samples) and 44 hotels (484 samples) of Dhaka city and its three former sub-divisional towns (Narayanganj. Munshiganj and Manikganj). Samples were. collected from water tap of outpatient departments, bathrooms and kitchen of hospitals and drinking water reservoir of hotels and were studied for total viable count (TVC) of becteria, total coliform count (TCC) and fecal coliform count (FCC). Because of higher importance of FCC over TCC and TVC in assessing the quality of water, only FCC was finally analysed in this report. The present study showed significant variation of water contamination rate…