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Letter: William Johnson, Analytical Chemist to the Government of Victoria, reporting on his

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Unique IDA-00301562SeriesLetters Received, 1843-1899 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 1st August 1875 and 3rd November 1875Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionLetter: William Johnson, Analytical Chemist to the Government of Victoria, reporting on his analysis of the Sydney water supply and comparing it to samples from England and Melbourne. The analysis is extensive. He concludes by saying "the evidence of direct sewage contamination in the water ... is extremely slight although an admixture of some kind of drainage seems certain but even the worst samples of the whole lot ... compare favorably with the bulk of the waters supplied by two London companies".LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYes

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Letter: William Johnson, Analytical Chemist to the Government of Victoria, reporting on his