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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE A.
Number of occasions when moving organisms were found in the water supplied by the undermentioned Companies :—
| 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Middlesex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East London | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand J unction | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lambeth | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Southwark | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Colne Valley | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tottenham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The sediment deposited by turbid water on standing, when examined by
the microscope, is almost always found to contain numbers of living and moving
organisms.