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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 1889
[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 1889, 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
1889
1868
1889
1868
1889
1868
1889
Thames.
Chelsea
7
12
2
0
1
0
2
0
"West Middlesex
12
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
Southwark
1
11
5
1
4
0
2
0
Grand Junction
9
11
2
0
1
1
0
0
Lambeth
6
12
1
0
2
0
3
0
Lea.
New River
10
12
2
0
0
0
0
0
East London
3
12
8
0
1
0
0
0
Beep Wells.
Kent
8
12
3
0
1
0
0
0
Colne Valley
—
12
—
0
—
0
—
0
Tottenham Local
Board of Health
.
10
—
2
—
0
—
0