London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Paddington 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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| Month. | Hours Burning Per Month. | Average Hours per Night. | Rate per Hour. | Quantity of Gas Consumed. | Average Hours. | Estimated Consumption at 4 6 cubic feet per Hour | Actual Consumption by Meter Average and modified hours. | Difference gained by Meter. | Consumption per Hour. | Total quantity gained between Scale and Meter Systems. | Total Quantity over all the Lamps. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burning per Month. | Burning per Night. | |||||||||||
| 1890. | Hours. | Hours. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Hours. | Hours. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. |
| April | 299. | 9.96 | 5. | 1,497 | 281.39 | 9.37 | 1,294.39 | 1,332.65 | 4.73 | 164.35 | 327,549 | |
| May | 254.8 | 8.21 | 5. | 1,274 | 218.41 | 7.64 | 1,004.68 | 1,057.14 | . . . | 4.84 | 216.86 | 432,201 |
| June | 220. | 7.32 | 5. | 1,100 | 164.09 | 5.46 | 754.81 | 802.04 | ... | 4.88 | 297.96 | 592,632 |
| The Quarter | 773.8 | ... | ... | 3,869 | 663.89 | ... | 3,053.88 | 3,191.83 | ... | ... | 679.17 | 1,352,382 |
| July | 240.8 | 7.76 | 5. | 1,204 | 199.68 | 6.44 | 918.52 | 969.38 | ... | 4.85 | 234.62 | 466,659 |
| August | 288.8 | 9.57 | 5. | 1,444 | 250.24 | 8.07 | 1,151.10 | 1,189.79 | ... | 4.75 | 254.21 | 505,623 |
| September | 337. | 11.23 | 5. | 1,685 | 317.28 | 10.57 | 1,459.48 | 1,474.48 | ... | 4.64 | 210.52 | 418,724 |
| The Quarter | 866.6 | ... | ... | 4,333 | 767.20 | ... | 3,529.10 | 3,633.65 | ... | ... | 699.35 | 1,391,006 |
| October | 409.8 | 13.21 | 5. | 2,049 | 389.46 | 12.57 | 1,791.51 | 1,811.22 | ... | 4.65 | 237.78 | 473,419 |
| November | 450. | 15. | 5. | 2,250 | 414.6 | 13.82 | l,907 l6 | 1,928.57 | ... | 4.65 | 321.43 | |
| December | 494.8 | 15.96 | 5. | 2,474 | 476.56 | 15.37 | 2,192.17 | 2,155.10 | 37.07 | 4.52 | 318.9 | 635,248 |
| The Quarter | 1,354.6 | ... | ... | 6,773 | 1,280.62 | ... | 5,890.84 | 5,894.89 | 37.07 | ... | 878.11 | 1,748,634 |
| 1891. January | 478.8 | 15.44 | 5. | 2,394 | 457.15 | 14.74 | 2,102.89 | 2,068.36 | 34.53 | 4.52 | 325.64 | 649,326 |
| February | 417.2 | 14.38 11 .92 | 5. | 2,086 | 364.30 | 13.01 | 1,675.78 | 1,701.02 | ... | 4.66 | 384.98 | 767,650 |
| March | 5. | 1,849 | 346.47 | 11.74 | 1,593.76 | 1,617.34 | ... | 4.66 | 231.66 | 461,930 | ||
| The Quarter | 1,265.8 | ... | 6,329 | 1,167.92 | ... | 5,372.43 | 5,386.72 | 34.53 | ... | 942.28 | 1,878,906 | |
| The Year | 4,260.8 | 11.66 | 5. | 21,304 | 3,879.63 | Average. 10.73 | 17,846.25 | 18,107.09 | 71.60 | . .. | 3,198.91 | 6,370.928 |