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Table VIII. shows the results of the analyses of the
water supplied to the Parish by the two companies during
each of the twelve months.
The average quality of the water supplied by the Chelsea
Company was better than, but that supplied by the Grand
junction Company not so good as, during the twelve
months ending March, 1890. The average quality of the
Chelsea Company's water was, as then, decidedly better
than that of the Grand Junction Company's water. This
is no doubt owing to the fact that the Chelsea Company
has much larger storage reservoirs than the Grand lunction
Company, and so need only take in water when the river
is in a good condition. All the samples when seen through
a depth of two feet were clear and had a slight greenish
tint; they were all free from copper, lead, and iron.
For the information of the Parishioners, I may mention
that a hospital carriage for removing persons suffering from
infectious diseases (including Diphtheria) is kept at the
Workhouse in Wallis's Yard, Buckingham Palace Road, and
that the Ambulance belonging to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board is kept at Seagrave Road, Fulham; 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).
19, Savile Row, London, W.,
June 1891,