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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 1893
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893
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LIGHTING.
In the Parish of Clapham 14 ordinary lamps have been
added and 13 lamps have been shifted in position.
In the Parish of Putney 12 lamps have been added
and 8 removed and refixed in the district of the
Wandsworth Gas Company, and 2 added in the district of
the Brentford Gas Company.
In the Parish of Streatham 47 ordinary street lamps
have been added during the year, and 11 shifted,
making the total number 1,067.
In the Parish of Tooting 6 new lamps have been added
during the year, making the total number 134J.
In the Parish of Wandsworth 40 new lamps have been
erected within the last year by the Wandsworth and
Putney Gas Company. The total number of lamps
lighted with gas in the parish is 1,037½
The number of lamps in each parish, and the charges
for lighting, are shown in the table on the following
page:-