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West Ham 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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30
Water Supply.—The whole Borough is supplied throughout
by the East London Water Company. As an indication of the purity
of supply I have extracted below comparative figures from Dr. E.
Frankland's monthly reports.
"Taking the average amount of organic impurity in a given
quantity of the Kent Company's water during the nine years ending
December, 1876, as unity, the proportional amount contained in an
equal volume of water supplied by each of the Metropolitan Water
Companies and by the Tottenham Local Board of Health was—
| 1895. Dec | 1896. Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | .7 | .9 | .8 | .7 | .8 | .8 | .6 | 1.1 | .8 | .6 | .7 | .7 |
| Tottenham | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| East London (deep well) | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| East London (river supply) | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| Colne Valley | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| New River | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Grand Junction | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Southwark | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 4.1 |
| Lambeth | 4.6 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 4.2 |
| Chelsea | 5.0 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 5.2 |
| West Middlesex Unfiltered River | 5.1 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| Waters Thames at Hampton | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 7.9 | 5.4 |
| New River Cut | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 1.9 |
| Lea at Angel Road | 4.6 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 3.7 |
In consequence of the Company having been forced by recent
legislation to furnish the whole of the Borough with a constant supply,
complaints of inconvenience arising from inability to obtain water
for domestic purposes were last year reduced to a minimum.
I am,
Your obedient Servant,
CHARLES SANDERS,
Town Hall, Medical Officer of Health.
August, 1897.