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Paddington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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TABLE 31. Comparison of Analyses of Water Supplied to Paddington. (Compiled from Registrar-General's Annual Summary.)
| 1896. | From Mains of | ||||
| Temperature (degrees Centigrade) | f mean | 11*9 | 11-1 | 12-7 | |
| max. | 18-60 | 20-30 | |||
| ^min. | 4*20 | 5-30 | 5-9(1) | ||
| Parts per 100,000 of water. | Total Solids | 29-93 | 28-45 | 28-46 | |
| max. | 39-0j(») | 33-800 | 33-80(1) | ||
| l^min. | 25-76(e) | 23-640 | -23-660 | ||
| Organic Carbon ... | f mean | 0-286 | 0-161 | 0-163 | |
| max. | 0-718(0 | 0-263(10) | 0-278(") | ||
| (^min. | 0-1750 | 0-1010 | 0-1030 | ||
| Organic Nitrogen... | C mean | 0-048 | 0 024 | 0-022 | |
| max. | 0097(0 | 0-045(10) | 0-030(0 | ||
| ^min. | 0 0230 | 0-0130 | 0-0130 | ||
| Ammonia ... | f mean | 0-009 | — | — | |
| max. 1 | 0-0180 | — | — | ||
| ^min. | 0 002(') | — | — | ||
| Nitrogen as Nitrites and Nitraies | 0-209 | 0-205 | 0-217 | ||
| <{ max. | 0-3140 | 0-2960 | 0-3110 | ||
| l^min. | 0-12700 | 0-1100 | 0 1220 | ||
| Chlorine ...... | 1-9 | 1-9 | 1-9 | ||
| max. | 2-2(10) | 20 (0(0 | 2-l(io) | ||
| Imin. | 1-70 | l-8p-») | 1-8 (!«.«-') | ||
| Degrees of Hardness | f mean | 20-2 | 19-8 | 19-8 | |
| 23-6(1) | 23-6(1) | 23-90 | |||
| I^min. | 17-1(») | 15-70 | 16-00 | ||
The figures shown ( ) indicate the months when the respective maxima and
minima were observed.