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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: Inow place before you the quantity of water supplied by the New River Company, month by month, during1876and1877,the number of inhabited houses to which it was delivered, with a calculation in the third column of the number of gallons daily supplied to each home.

Inow place before you the quantity of water supplied by the New River Company, month by month, during1876and1877,the number of inhabited houses to which it was delivered, with a calculation in the third column of the number of gallons daily supplied to each home.

1876.Nob. of Houses.No. of Gallons daily.Gallons of Water to each House.
January124,05626,089,000210.3
February124,05124,672,000198.8
March123,99224,699,000I99.1
April124.13524,963,000201.0
May124,18226,629,000214.4
June124,32326,653,000214.3
July124,55331,547,000253.2
August124,65229,274,000234.8
September124,78525,138,000201.4
October124,92225,271,000202.2
November125,01524,701,000197.5
December125,01124,132,000193.0