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Hanover Square 1863

[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 Chelsea Water supplied by the Chelsea Company, and taken from the main at Chapel Street, Belgrave Square—

1803Total Impurity in grains per gallon.Organic ditto.
April 1717.681.04
May 1716.24.96
June 1717.321.48

C. J. B. A.

Analysis of Grand Junction water, supplied to a house in Hertford-street, and taken by means of a tap from the service pipe before it entered a cistern.

1863.Total Impurity in grains per gallon.Organic ditto.
June 6, evening17.362.85
,,8,,17.281.85
,,9,,17.081.85
,,20,,17.211.75

R. D.
N.B.—The amount of rain at the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, was as follows:—May 31, *02 inches; June
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, none; June 5th, '23 inches; June 6th,
•82 ; June 7th, -08; June 8th, '09. On the 16th, *04, on
the 17th, 14, none on the 18th; but 1'46 or a very heavy
rainfall on 19th.