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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
Shoreditch 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE VI.— Shewing the comparative cost of Gas, and the saving- under the Old and New System.
| Quarter ending. | Number of Hours charged for. | Consumption per hour charged. | Consumption per lamp per quarter. | Number of Lamps. | Total consumption per quarter. | Hate per 1000-ft. | SAVING. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||
| Old System | Sunset to Sunrise. | 788.8 | 5 | 3944 | 1368.35 | 5,396,772 | 3/6 | 944 | 8 | 8½ | |||
| B New System June, 1878. | Actual number of burning hours. | 637.55 | 4.68 | 2989.16 | 1368.35 | *4,096,303 | „ | 716 | 17 | 1 | 227 | 11 | 7½ |
| C Old System Sept., 1878. | Sunset to Sunrise. | 882.25 | 5 | 4411.25 | 1372.54 | 6,054,617 | „ | 1059 | 11 | 2 | |||
| D New System Sept., 1878. | Actual number of burning hours. | 708.65 | 4.66 | 3318.99 | 1372.54 | 4,562,017 | 798 | 7 | 0 | 261 | 4 | 2 | |
| E Old System Dec., 1878. | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1371.61 | 5 | 6858.05 | 1368.83 | 9,387,504 | „ | 1642 | 16 | 3 | |||
| F New System Dec, 1878. | Actual number of burning hours. | 1263.38 | 4.57 | 5785.46 | 1368.83 | *7,938,981 | „ | 1389 | 6 | 3 | 253 | 10 | 0 |
| G Old System March, 1879. | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1257.34 | 5 | 6286.70 | 1368.36 | 8,602,469 | „ | 1505 | 8 | 7½ | |||
| H New System March, 1879. | Actual number of burning hours. | 1164.25 | 4.43 | 5165.52 | 1368.36 | *7,101,156 | „ | 1242 | 13 | 9 | 262 | 14 | 10½ |
| Total saving in the cost of Gas for the year | £1005 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
*This includes five lamps burning 8-ft. per hour each and four 6.9-ft. per hour each, and 2,047-ft. leakage by column being broken.