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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
Wandsworth 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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LIGHTING.
In the Parish of Clapham, 13 lamps burning 5 cubic
feet of gas per hour, and four burning 10 cubic feet per
hour, have been added. Twenty-one lamps have been
shifted in position.
In the Parish of Putney, 12 lamps have been added
and 4 removed and refixed in the district of the Wandsworth
and Putney Gas Company, and 1 lamp has been
added and 1 removed and refixed in the district of the
Brentford Gas Company.
In the Parish of Streatham, 30 lamps have been
added; 19 increased from 5 feet to 10 feet burners, 27
shifted and 2 discontinued, making the total number
1,134.
In the Parish of Tooting, 2 new lamps have been
added during the year, making the total number 137½.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, 49 new lamps have
been erected within the district of the Wandsworth and
Putney Gas Company. The total number of lamps
lighted with gas in the parish is 1,113 ½.
The number of lamps in each parish, and the charges
for lighting, &c., are shown in the table on the following
page.