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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
Marylebone 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone]
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houses let in lodgings would entirely disappear if a reasonable
quantity of houses were operated upon, and that within twelve
months, as far as objections are concerned, the whole matter would
have been forgotten.
(Whilst this Report was passing through the press, two
houses Nos. 41, Gurney Street, and 76, Elsted Street, have been
placed by the Vestry upon the Register for Houses let in Lodgings).
Dr. Frankland's Averages for 1897, as supplied to the Registrar-General.
Maximum Amount of Organic Matter.
| THAMES. | LEA. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Elements of organic matter in parts per 100,000. | Months in which maximum pollution occurred. | Year. | Elements of organic matter in parts per 100,000. | Months in which maximum pollution occurred. |
| 1876 | .44 | December. | 1876 | .24 | March. |
| 1877 | .40 | January. | 1877 | .30 | January. |
| 1878 | .36 | December. | 1878 | .26 | June. |
| 1879 | .38 | February. | 1879 | .33 | July. |
| 1880 | .42 | October. | 1880 | .33 | February. |
| 1881 | .34 | February. | 1881 | .34 | February. |
| 1882 | .37 | November. | 1882 | .26 | December. |
| 1883 | .32 | January. | 1883 | .24 | December. |
| 1884 | .27 | February. | 1884 | .20 | March. |
| 1885 | .35 | November. | 1885 | .28 | December. |
| 1886 | .30 | December. | 1886 | .21 | February. |
| 1887 | .34 | January. | 1887 | .31 | January. |
| 1888 | .30 | December. | 1888 | .25 | December. |
| 1889 | .29 | January. | 1889 | .16 | March. |
| 1890 | .27 | January. | 1890 | .19 | January. |
| 1891 | .43 | October. | 1891 | .27 | November. |
| 1892 | .35 | December. | 1892 | .27 | December. |
| 1893 | .37 | February. | 1893 | .23 | Starch. |
| 1894 | .42 | November. | 1894 | .22 | November. |
| 1895 | .34 | November. | 1895 | .22 | December. |
| 1896 | .32 | December. | 1896 | .20 | January. |
| 1897 | .32 | Jan. and Feb. | 1897 | .22 | January. |
It is thus evident that the comparatively large amount of organic
matter in the Thames-derived water recorded in 1894 was not
repeated in the last three years; indeed, the proportion was, in
the last two years, lower than in any year since 1890. The
maximum organic matter in the Lea was also the smallest observed
since 1890, except that found in 1896, which was slightly lower.