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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 1883

[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 1883, the number of inhabited houses to which it was delivered, and a calculation of the number o 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 1883, the number of inhabited houses to which it was delivered, and a calculation of the number o gallons daily supplied to each house.

1882.No. of Houses.No. of Gallons daily.Gallons of Water to each House.
January137,99326,043,000188.7
February138,08025,177,000182.3
March138,17726,068,000186.6
April138,40327,405,000198.0
May138,45028,325,000204.5
June138,65031,834,000229.6
July139,02831,514,000226.6
August139,15731,475,000226.9
September139,47980,395,000217.9
October139,78128,798,000206.0
November140,07627,136,000193.7
December140,35326,437,000188.4