Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.
An analysis of the Chelsea Water supplied by the Chelsea Company, and taken from the main at Chapel Street, Belgrave Square—
1803 | Total Impurity in grains per gallon. | Organic ditto. |
---|---|---|
April 17 | 17.68 | 1.04 |
May 17 | 16.24 | .96 |
June 17 | 17.32 | 1.48 |
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. |
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June 6, evening | 17.36 | 2.85 |
17.28 | 1.85 | |
17.08 | 1.85 | |
17.21 | 1.75 |
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.