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Table VII. shows the result of my analyses of the water
supplied by the two Companies to the Parish during each
of the twelve months. In both cases there is, on the
average, a decided improvement on the preceding year, but
as then the water occasionally supplied is of inferior quality,
especially in the case of the Grand Junction Company, and
I have written to direct their attention to the matter. It
is generally when the river is in flood that the quality of
the water is inferior, and the Chelsea Company find the
advantage of their new large storage reservoirs, which hold
a three weeks' supply for the whole of the district they serve,
in that they need not take water in at all during floods in
the river.
The common gas supplied by the London Gas Company
has been examined by me from time to time at their testing
room, and has always been found to be above the required
standard of illuminating power, and to satisfy the prescribed
tests for ammonia and sulphuretted hydrogen.
For the information of the Parishioners, I may mention
that a hospital carriage for removing persons suffering from
infectious diseases is kept at the Workhouse, in Mount
Street; but those who are in a position to bear the expenses
of their support should apply at the London Fever Hospital,
Liverpool Road, Islington; or, in case of small-pox, at the
Highgate Small-pox Hospital, where they can be accommodated
on favourable terms.
I have the honour to be,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
W. H. CORFIELD, M.A., M.D. (Oxon.),
F.R.C.P. (London).
10, Bolton Row, Mayfair, W.,
June 1880.