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It would appear then, that the Southwark and the
Lambeth Companies' waters (which are those supplied to
this District) were, more frequently than any others, found
turbid in all the degrees mentioned, and were also less
frequently than any others drawn from the mains in a
perfectly clear and transparent condition.
The public in all this, it is submitted, possess ample
grounds for continuing their appeals to the Legislature
until a thorough reform of the present system of supply is
effected.
The Medical Officers of Health trust they have urged
enough in this Report to cause an increased interest in
this important question; for not only have they long been
convinced that much human suffering may be prevented,
but a great pecuniary gain insured by a removal of some
of those conditions in connexion with the water supply
which experience has abundantly proved to be the cause
of much preventible disease, and a large amount of
mortality.