London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Paddington 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE A.
| 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 18721873 1 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Middlesex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| New River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| East London | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand Junction | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Lambeth | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Southwark | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colne Valley | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tottenham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The sediment deposited by turbid water on standing, when examined by the
microscope, is aliuost always found to contain numbers of living and moving
organisms.