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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
Islington 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1906] 296
WATER SUPPLY.
The following are the particulars as to the water supply of Islington as abstracted from the last return of the Metropolitan Water Board.
They are a continuation of those which have been given for some years past:—
| 1904-5. | 1905-6. | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses Supplied | 182,214 | 207,371 |
| Houses on constant system | 182,174 | 190,587 |
| Houses not on constant system | 40 | 16,784 |
| Percentage of houses in constant system | 99.9 | 91.9 |
| Population supplied | 1,239,055 | 1,362,539 |
| Average daily supply (gallons) | 41,314,310 | 41,312,942 |
| Daily supply—Domestic purposes (gals.) | 33,051,448 | 33,050,354 |
| „ „ —Other purposes (gals.) | 8,262,862 | 8,262,588 |
| Quantity of water supplied during the year (gals.) | 15,121,037,523 | 15,079,223,961 |
| Average daily supply per house (gals.) | 228.98 | 200.38 |
| „ „ „ head (gals.) | 33.58 | 30.32 |
| Average daily supply per house for domestic purposes only (gals.) | 183.18 | 160.30 |
| Average daily supply per head (gals.) | 26.86 | 24.25 |
| Average number of persons supplied per house | 7.18 | 6.61 |
| Capacity of subsidence reservoirs | 168,100,000 | 168,100,000 |
| No. of days supply | 4.9 | 4.07 |