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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE C.
Showing the relative efficiency of filtration of the water of the several Companies and Authorities in 1888, as compared with 1868:—
| Companies or Local Authorities. | Number of occasions when clear and transparent. | Number of occasions when slightly turbid. | Number of occasions when turbid. | Number of occasions when very turbid. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | 1888 | 1868 | 1888 | 1868 | 1888 | 1868 | 1888 | |
| Chelsea | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| West Middlesex | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwark | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Grand Junction | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lambeth | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| New River | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East London | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Kent | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colne Valley | – | 12 | – | 0 | — | 0 | – | 0 |
| Tottenham Local Board of Health | – | 11 | — | 1 | — | 0 | – | 0 |