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Paddington 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE B.Taking the mean proportion of organic impurity in the Thames water delivered in London in 1868 as 1,000, in the subsequent years the following proportions were present respectively in the Thames water, and in the Lea water, the latter being delivered by the New River and East London Companies:—

TABLE B.

Taking the mean proportion of organic impurity in the Thames water delivered in London in 1868 as 1,000, in the subsequent years the following proportions were present respectively in the Thames water, and in the Lea water, the latter being delivered by the New River and East London Companies:—

Year.Proportion of organic impurity present in Thames water as delivered in London.Proportion of organic impurity present in Lea water as delivered in London.
18681,000484
18691,016618
1870795550
1871928604
18721,243819
1873917693
1874933583
18751,030751
1876903562
1877907596
18781,056747
18791,175954
18801,2631,143

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* The average yearly amount of organic elements (organic carbon
and organic nitrogen) found in the water supplied by the Kent Company,
during the nine years ending 1876, is, for purposes of comparison, taken
as the unit.