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  • [Report] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, London County Council.
  • [Report] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, London County Council.
  • [Report] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, London County Council.
  • [Report] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, London County Council.
  • Water tank in St. Giles in the Fields, London. Wood engraving, 1858.
  • Sir Hugh Myddelton, portrayed holding a rolled plan of the New River. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862, after J. Thomas.
  • South Gate House, New Reservoir, New York. Coloured lithograph by A. Brown & Co., 1862.
  • A Dragor water pump for raising water from a well, and uses of abundant clean water; advertising Dragor water pumps. Colour lithograph by P. Igert, 1935.
  • Aqueduct, Lisbon, Portugal: panoramic view over the Valley of Alcantra. Coloured line engraving by T. Bowles after R. Black.
  • A disgruntled portly man standing next to a town water pump holding a ladle and rubbing his stomach as if in pain. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1831.
  • A chalybeate well, Tijuca, Brazil. Lithograph by N. Whittock, 1830, after R. Walsh.
  • Aqueduct, Lisbon, Portugal: panoramic view. Coloured aquatint.
  • Fair Mount Water Works, Philadelphia: with Upper Ferry Bridge. Coloured engraving by Ferrer Sears & Co., 1830, C. Burton.
  • The Croton aqueduct, Harlem River Bridge, New York. Wood engraving.
  • Market Cross, Winchester, Hampshire. Steel engraving by Roberts after W.H. Bartlett.
  • Unhygienic practices which lead to death from cholera. Colour lithograph by S. Pogorelskii, 192-.
  • Unhygienic practices which lead to death from cholera. Colour lithograph by S. Pogorelskii, 192-.
  • The Dripping Well, Hastings, Sussex. Line engraving, 1856.
  • A boy is accused of breaking a shop window while the real culprits hide behind a water pump. Engraving by H. Lemon after W.H.Knight.
  • Water tank, Srīperumbūdur, India. Coloured aquatint by C. Gold, 1799, after himself.
  • Figures, horses and camels gathering by the Well near Emmaus (Imwas), Jordan. Line engraving by C. Cousen after W.H. Bartlett.
  • Sir Hugh Myddelton's conduit head near Sadler's Wells, London. Engraving, perhaps after T. H. Shepherd?.
  • Evolution of Measures for the Nation's Health.
  • The stairs at York Buildings, the Strand; in the background are the tower of the waterworks and Westminster Bridge. Engraving by I. Taylor, c.1780.
  • Sadler's Wells Theatre, with the New River running beside. Engraving.
  • Two women with water vessels at a well, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • A new well, fitted with a Dragor water pump, contrasted with an old well using a bucket on a winch; advertising Dragor water pumps. Colour lithograph by Jelb, 1935.
  • Sadler's Wells Theatre, with the New River running beside. Engraving.
  • Second Matabele War, Zimbabwe: British soldiers climbing down to fetch water from the bottom of a pit. Halftone by André & Sleigh Ld after C.E. Fripp, 1896.
  • World War One: three soldiers sterilising water for the troops. Gouache painting, c. 1916.