[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington] page 63

Paddington 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Paddington.
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
INSPECTOR OF PUBLIC LIGHTING
UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE
AVERAGE METER SYSTEM.

Table: TABLE C.TABLE showing the efficiencyoffiltration of Thames and Lea water, also the maximum, minimum, and average proportions of organic impurity in the water delivered by the different Companies during the year1879.

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TABLE showing the efficiencyoffiltration of Thames and Lea water, also the maximum, minimum, and average proportions of organic impurity in the water delivered by the different Companies during the year1879.

Names of Companies and Sources.	Number of occasions when clear and transparent.	Number of occasions when slightly-turbid,	Number of occasions when turbid,	Number of occasions when very turbid.	Maximum.	Minimum.¹	Average.*
Thames.
West Middlesex	10	2	0	0	8.2	1.6	5.0
Grand Junction	9	3	0	0	7.8	2.7	5.0
Lambeth	11	1	0	0	7.7	2.6	4.3
Chelsea	9	2	1	0	5.8	2.7	4.4
Southwark	11	1	0	0	8.6	2.8	5.2
Lea.
New River	10	2	0	0	4.5	2.6	3.5
East London	10	2	0	0	6.2	2.2	4.3
Deep Wells.
Kent	12	0	0	0	1.8	1.4	1.6
Colne Valley	12	0	0	0	1.6	1.2	1.4
Tottenham	11	1	0	0	2.5	1.1	1.7

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Paddington 1879

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Table: TABLE C.TABLE showing the efficiencyoffiltration of Thames and Lea water, also the maximum, minimum, and average proportions of organic impurity in the water delivered by the different Companies during the year1879.