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The Urban District Council of Acton.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR THE YEAR 1894.
To the Chairman & Members of the Acton District Council.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you the required Annual Report of
the Health and Sanitary progress of Acton for the year 1894, but
as I have only held office since Oct. 23rd, I have had to rely on
my predecessor for much valuable information in its compilation.
With regard to Meteorological Observations, the Autumn
of the year was remarkable for an excessive rainfall, the result was
a disasterous flood in the Thames Valley, which rendered the water
turbid and overcharged with organic matter, this placed a great
strain on the filtering beds of the various Water Companies, but on
the subsidence of the flood the water soon regained its normal
condition.