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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

Newington 1895

Fortieth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...

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Table: TABLE 12.Dr. Frankland's Averages for 1895, as supplied to theEegistrar-General.Maximum Amount of Organic Matter.

TABLE 12.

Dr. Frankland's Averages for 1895, as supplied to the

Eegistrar-General.

Maximum Amount of Organic Matter.

Year.Elements of organic matter in parts per 100,000.Months in which maximum pollution occurred.Year.Elements of organic matter in parts per 100,000.Months in which maximum pollution occurred.
1876.44December.1876.24March.
1877.40J anuarv.1877.30J anuary.
1878.36December.1878.26June.
1879.38February.1879.33July.
1880.42October.1880.33February.
1881.34February.1881.34February.
1882.37November.1882.26December
1883.32January.1883.24December.
1884.27February.1884.20March
1885.35November.1885.28December.
1886.30December.1886.21February.
1887.34January.1887.31January.
1888.30December.1888.25December.
1889.29January.1889.16March.
1890.27January.1890.19January.
1891.43October.1891.27November.
1892.35December.1892.27December.
1893.37February.1893.23March.
1894.42November.1894.22November.
1895.22December.

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It is thus evident that the comparatively large amount of organic
contamination in the Thames-derived water noted in 1894 was not
repeated last year, whilst the maximum organic matter in the Lea
was the same as in 1894, which was the smallest recorded since 1890.