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Islington 1878

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

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Table: Lastly, 1 think it may be interesting to state in a tabular form, the number of gallons of water, and the number of houses, supplied daily by the eight Metropolitan Water Companies, month by month.

Lastly, 1 think it may be interesting to state in a tabular form, the number of gallons of water, and the number of houses, supplied daily by the eight Metropolitan Water Companies, month by month.

1878.Gallons per diem.Houses Supplied.
January117,475.799541,265
February117,265,890541,779
March120,026,106541,894
April118,335,453544,381
May125,453,161544,217
June130,142,204545,040
July147,960,686547,987
August144,956,441549,801
September137,639,505549,726
October135,676,172551,972
November130,876,054553,394
December130,086,702553,975
Mean129,657,848547,11

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Of the daily supply, 258,268 houses are supplied from the
River Thames, and 288,871 houses from the River Lea and other
sources.