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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 1878

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

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Table: I now place before you the quantity of water supplied by the New River Company, month by month, during 1878, the number of inhabited houses to which it was delivered, and a calculation of the number of gallons daily supplied to each house.

I now place before you the quantity of water supplied by the New River Company, month by month, during 1878, the number of inhabited houses to which it was delivered, and a calculation of the number of gallons daily supplied to each house.

1878.Nos. of Houses.No. of Gallons dailyGallons of Water to each House.
January126,08426,843,000212.8
February126,24025,501,000202.0
March126,30026,214,000207.5
April126,57325,315,000207.9
May126,62928,305,000223.5
June126,81928,361,000223.6
July126,98737,779,000250.3
August127,12731,091,000244.5
September127,26729,205,000229.4
October127,57728,878,000226.4
November127,56127,583,0002l6.2
December127,67325,961,000203.3