Means or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines and often the watershed from which the water is ultimately drawn. (Webster, 3d ed)
    

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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.

[Report] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, London County Council.

Sion College, London Wall, London: the gatehouse, with a man about to operate a pump. Engraving.

Sir Hugh Myddelton, in an oval surround underneath which are surveying and mining tools, with a plan of the course of the New River. Line engraving by A. Walker, 1751, after C. Johnson, 1632.

Examples of hydrostatics: Aldersea's engine for raising water, London Bridge water works, a syringe, Tantalus's cup, and a cross-section of a wave. Engraving by W. Lowry.

[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard Borough.

[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Aspull U.D.C.

[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Totnes R.D.C.

[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough.

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[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard Borough.

[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Aspull U.D.C.

[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Totnes R.D.C.

[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough.