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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Battersea 1902

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903

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samples were taken from the rising main service of each
Company and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis.

Table: The houses from the mains of which the samples were taken are given in the following table:—

The houses from the mains of which the samples were taken are given in the following table:—

Date TAKEN.Water Company.
Lambeth.Southwark & Vauxhall.
Jan. 3055 Wroughton Road22 Britannia Road
Feb. 2044 Sarsfeld Road2 Chivalry Road
March 27110 Balham Park Road72 Lavender Road
May 2127 Chatham Road37 Eversleigh Road
2511 Honeywell Road7 Lindore Road
June 2324 Broomwood Road52 St. Andrew's Street
2710 Broomwood Gardens10 Home Road
„ 29158 Northcote Road16 Kingsley Street
Aug. 592 Chatham Road2 St. Philip Street
„26112 Balham Park Road44 Blondel Street
Sept. 3034 Honeywell Road31 Amies Street
Oct. 1327 Gorst Road55 Carpenter Street
„ 31133 Chatham Road98 Grant Road
Dec. 32 Honeywell RoadLancaster Lodge, Bolingbroke Grove

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According to the reports of the Public Analyst the water
supplied by both Companies in the months of January,
February, May, August and September, was of "fair" or
" tolerably fair " quality ; the Lambeth Company's water on
13th October and on 3rd December was of " tolerably fair "
quality, and the samples of both Companies taken in March
showed the water to be in a condition " approaching