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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

St Mary (Islington) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]

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Table: I place before you the quantity of water supplied by the New River Company, month by month, during 1890, the number of inhabited houses to which it was delivered, and the number of gallons (estimated) daily supplied to each house.

I place before you the quantity of water supplied by the New River Company, month by month, during 1890, the number of inhabited houses to which it was delivered, and the number of gallons (estimated) daily supplied to each house.

1890.No. of Houses.No. of Gallons daily.Gallons of Water to each House.
January153,13828,451,000185.9
February153,19930,070,000196.3
March153,20229,592,000193.1
April153,28330,273,000197.4
May153,28833,675,000219.7
June153,32335,400,000230.9
July153,47534,734,000226.3
August153,57934,710,000226.0
September153,66134,749,000226.1
October153,84333,352,000216.7
November153,87631,563,500205.1
December153,99233,584,600218.0