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Hanover Square 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Table: Table VII.Showing the results of the Analyses of the Water supplied by the Grand Junction and Chelsea Water Companies.

Table VII.

Showing the results of the Analyses of the Water supplied by the Grand Junction and Chelsea Water Companies.

Month.Parts per 100,000.Parts per 100 Millions.
Total Solid Residue.ChlorineCommon Salt.Saline Ammonia.Organic Ammonia.
Grand Junction Company's Water.April 188432.51.62.62.78.6
May „28.01.62.62.410.0
June „31.61.62.62.19.8
July „39.01.62.62.96.4
August „28.21.62.62.711.8
September „30.21.62.63.213.6
October „31.21.62.61.87.4
November „31.01.62.60.811.6
December „41.02.03.31.811.0
January 188536.01.83.02.116.0
February „32.01.83.02.715.0
March „36.02.03.32.813.6
Average .33.11.72.82.311.2
Chelsea Company's Water.April 188432.01.62.60.88.6
May „28.01.62.62.18.2
June „25.51.62.62.79.6
July „27.01.62.62.16.6
August „31.01.62.61.912.6
September „27.61.62.62.114.0
October „27.61.62.61.98.2
November „29.01.62.61.311.0
December „36.01.83.02.19.8
January 188540.01.83.01.69.0
February „26.01.83.01.310.2
March „34.02.03.31.812.0
Average . .30.31.72.81-810-0

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Table VII. shows the results of my analyses of the
water supplied by the two Companies in the Parish during
each of the twelve months. In both cases the average
quality was decidedly inferior to that of the preceding year.
The London Gas Light Company being now under the
control of the Board of Trade, the duty of the Vestry with