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The samples were all clear and had a "slight greenishyellow
tint" when looked at through a depth of two feet,
except in the months of January, February, March and
July, when the tint is described as "marked greenishyellow."
The appearance of the Solid Matters on ignition
is described as "marker! browning" for the same four, and
"slight browning" for the other eight months. The indications
of Organic matter were highest in the months of
January, February, March, July and November, and were
due to the flooded state of the river.
With regard to this matter I may refer to the correspondence
between Sir William Crookes and Professor
Dewar on behalf of the Water Companies and myself on
behalf of the Vestry, which was published in my Report for
1898, in which I showed that the increase of Typhoid Fever
in the Parish, and in London generally, during the winter
months, when it ought to be decreasing, was coincident
with the impure condition of the water supply, which was
described by Sir Edward Frankland as containing "an
excess of Organic Matter," and also that in the month of
April, when the water supply was much purer, the number
of cases of Typhoid Fever in London had very considerably
diminished, and the death-rate from it gone down to its
normal amount.
For the information of the Parishioners, I may mention
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. Also that a refuge has been provided