\begin{table}%t2 \caption{\label{t2}Parameters of the observed continuum sources shown in Figs.~1 and~2.} %\centerline { \begin{tabular}{cccccccr} \hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip} Name & $\alpha$ & $\delta$ & $F_{\rm peak}$ & $T_{\rm SB}$ & $\Theta_{\rm HP}$\tablefootmark{a} & $\Theta_{\rm S}$\tablefootmark{a} & $S_{\rm \nu}$ \\ & (J2000) & (J2000) & (mJy beam$^{-1}$) & (K) & ($\arcsec$) & ($\arcsec$) & (mJy) \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{\HII\ regions spatially coincident with H$_2$O masers} \\ G32.74--0.07 & 18:51:21.86 & --00:12:06.2 & 38 & 66 & $\sim$1.0 & $\le$0.3 & 42.7 \\ G35.03+0.35B & 18:54:00.65 & +02:01:19.4 & 4 & 8 & $\sim$1.1 & $\le$0.4 & 4.4 \\ G35.20--0.74 & 18:58:13.02 & +01:40:36.1 & 2 & 4 & 1.2 & 0.7 & 3.0 \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{\HII\ regions not associated with H$_2$O masers} \\ G12.22--0.12 & 18:12:39.71 & --18:24:20.7 & 60 & 84 & 5.7 & 5.5 & 210.0 \\ G31.28+0.06 & 18:48:11.93 & --01:26:28.7 & 6 & 11 & 5.8 & 5.7 & 234.0 \\ G31.24--0.11 & 18:48:45.02 & --01:33:10.6 & 92 & 177 & 4.6 & 4.5 & 606.8 \\ G31.21--0.18 & 18:48:56.64 & --01:36:43.0 & 9 & 12 & $\sim$1.0 & $\le$0.3 & 9.9 \\ G35.03+0.35A & 18:54:00.49 & +02:01:18.3 & 13 & 26 & $\sim$1.0 & $\le$0.3 & 13.6 \\ G35.20--1.74A & 19:01:46.51 & +01:13:24.8 & 234 & 505 & 2.5 & 2.2 & 2351.9 \\ G35.20--1.74B & 19:01:46.62 & +01:13:35.5 & 25 & 53 & 3.6 & 3.5 & 198.3 \\ G43.89--0.38 & 19:14:26.18 & +09:22:34.1 & 67 & 127 & 7.0 & 6.9 & 429.8 \\ G48.61+0.02 & 19:20:31.18 & +13:55:23.4 & 18 & 27 & 1.5 & 0.9 & 29.4 \\ G50.32+0.68 & 19:21:27.52 & +15:44:20.9 & 34 & 42 & 4.2 & 3.9 & 71.5 \\ G75.78+0.34 & 20:21:44.10 & +37:26:39.5 & 2 & 4 & 1.7 & 0.5 & 19.1 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \par \tablefoot{\tablefoottext{a}{When the ammonia cores are not spatially resolved, $\Theta_{\rm HP}$ is a measure of the HPBWs of the NH$_3$(2, 2) and (3, 3) maps, whereas we arbitrarily assume about one third of the synthesized beam as an upper limit (used to derive the parameters listed in the table) on $\Theta_{\rm S}$ (see text).}} \end{table}