Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE C.
Showing the relative efficiency of filtration of the water of the several Companies and Authorities in 1888, as compared with 1868:—
Companies or Local Authorities. | Number of occasions when clear and transparent. | Number of occasions when slightly turbid. | Number of occasions when turbid. | Number of occasions when very turbid. | ||||
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1868 | 1888 | 1868 | 1888 | 1868 | 1888 | 1868 | 1888 | |
Chelsea | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
West Middlesex | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Southwark | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Grand Junction | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lambeth | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
New River | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East London | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Kent | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colne Valley | – | 12 | – | 0 | — | 0 | – | 0 |
Tottenham Local Board of Health | – | 11 | — | 1 | — | 0 | – | 0 |