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Paddington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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TABLE • 33.
| 1896 | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | ||||||||||||||
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| Volume of Thames mea- sured at Teddington Weir, in Millions of gallons per day ) | 1,152.5 | 948. 4 | 1,672.6 | 741.9 | 374.6 | 421 | 261.8 | 216.4 | 430.8 | 2,624. 5 | 929.7 | 3,839.9 | Year. Mean Microbes per CC. | |||||||||||||
| T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | T° | B | |||
| Thames Water unfil- tered | 4.2 | 11,560 | 6 .4 | 26,800 | 8 .7 | 18,000 | 11.4 | 7,520 | 17. 2 | 2,060 | 18.3 | 6,760 | 17.2 | 2,220 | 18.3 | 1,740 | 18.0 | 4,300 | 12. 6 | 39,760 ' | 5.8 | 8,560 | 5.0 | 160,000 | 24,107 | |
| West Middlesex Co. | After Storage days | 4.0 | 3,460 | 5.8 | 1,820 | 7.9 | 2,340 | 11. 0 | 720 | 14 .7 | 280 | (18.5 120.5 | 640 1,360 | 19.1 | 680 | 18.4 | 300 | 17.3 | 120 | 12. 5 | 740 | 5.4 | 5,520 | 4.9 | 41,600 | 4,882 |
| After Filtration . | 4.0 | 44 | 5.8 | 16 | 7.7 | 24 | 11.4 | 20 | 14. 8 | 4 | (17.7 19. 7 | 576 26 | 17. 5 | 8 | 18.4 | 6 | 17.6 | 14 | 12.5 | 30 | 5.5 | 25 | 4. 3 | 120 | 51 | |
| Graud Junction Water Co. | After preliminary filtration | 4.9 | 280 | 7.0 | 480 | 9.5 | 460 | 11.6 | 1,240 | 15.8 | 700 | 18.6 | 520 | 18.1 | 340 | 19.3 | 520 | 18.0 | 260 | 13.2 | 880 | 7.2 | 2,440 | 6.3 | 53,200 | 5,110 |
| 4.8 | 300 | 7.0 | 320 | 9. 0 | 300 | 11.6 | 980 | 16.2 | 380 | 19.3 20.5 | 460 720 | 18.7 | 480 | 19.3 | 500 | 17.9 | 460 | 13.0 | 600 | 7.2 | 720 | 5.8 | 22,800 | 2,369 | ||
| After filtration- Hampton | 4.4 | 48 | 6.8 | 124 | 7.8 | 240 | 11.3 | 68 | 16.3 | 32 | 18.4 | 56 | 17.2 | 38 | 18.4 | 24 | 17.8 | 120 | 12. 7 | 126 | 5.8 | 244 | 5. 5 | 3,034 | 346 | |
| Kew Bridge, General Well J | 44 | 28 | 6.4 | 24 | 9.3 | 28 | 11.6 | 260 | 15.4 | 80 | 18.4 20.2 | 1,080 352 | 18.1 | 26 | 18.7 | 30 | 17.6 | 6 | 12. 7 | 12 | 6.0 | 70 | 5.3 | 118 | 116 | |
| Kew Bridge, South WellJ | 5.3 | 8 | 7. 3 | 100 | 9. 7 | 24 | 11.6 | 8 | 19.0 | 16 | 19.8 | 8 | 13. 0 | 8 | 6.6 | 16 | 5. 3 | 168 | 40 | |||||||