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Hanover Square 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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APPENDIX. No. I.
water.
An analysis of the water supplied by the Chelsea
Company, and taken from the main at Chapel-street,
Belgrave-square, January 17th, 1862, produced per gallon:—
Total impurity 19.44 grains.
Organic ditto .80 „
Feb. 17, 1862. Total impurity 22.64 ,,
Organic ditto 1.48 „
March 17, 1862. Total impurity 18.68 ,,
Organic ditto 1.52 „
C. J. B. A.
APPENDIX. No. II.
food.
During this quarter, an examination was made of
twelve specimens of coffee, purchased indiscriminately in
the Belgrave Sub-district. In every case pure coffee
was asked for. In nine, the samples obtained were pure;
in three there were an admixture of chickory, although
that substance was not asked for, and the admixture was
not denoted by any label.
R. D.