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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 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE V.
Shelving the comparative cost of Gas and the saving under the new system.
| Number of hours charged for. | Consump tion per hour charged cu. ft. | Consumption per lamp per quarter cu. ft. | Number of Lamps. | Total Consumption per quarter. | Rate per 1000 cu. ft. | £ | s. | d. | Saving & s. | d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Old System, June 1890 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 788.8 | X 5. | = 3994.00 | X 1400.92 | = 5,525,228 | X | 2/2 = | 598 | 11 | 3 | |||
| B. New System, June 1890 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 642.52 | X 4.73 | = 3040.32 | X 1400.92 | = 4,259,244 | X | „ = | 461 | 8 | 3 | = 137 | 3 | |
| CJ. Old System, Sept. 1890 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 882.25 | x 5. | = 4411.25 | x 1402.88 | = 6,188,454 | X | „ = | 670 | 8 | 4 | |||
| D New System, Sept. 1890 | Actual Number of Burning Hours, | 710.86 | x 4.74 | = 3374.06 | X 1402.88 | = 4,733,401 | X | „ = | 512 | 15 | 8 | = 157 | 12 | 8 |
| E. Old System, Dec. 1890 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1371.61 | X 5. | = 6858.05 | X 1403.07 | = 9,622,324 | X | „ = | 1042 | 8 | 4 | |||
| F. New System, Dec. 1890 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1269.18 | X 4.59 | = 5832.86 | X 1403.07 | = 8,183,910 | X | „ = | 886 | 11 | 9 | = 155 | 16 | 7 |
| G. Old System, March 1891 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1257-34 | X 5. | = 6286.0 | x 1403.0 | = 8,820,240 | X | „ = | 955 | 10 | 6 | |||
| H. New System, March 1891 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1184.31 | X 4.57 | = 5414.65 | X 1403.00 | = 7,596,753 | X | „ = | 822 | 19 | 7 | =132 | 10 | 11 |
Total saving in the cost of Gas for the year £583 3 2