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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 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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LIGHTING.
In the Parish of Clapham, 19 ordinary lamps have
been added, 5 removed by reason of houses being pulled
down, and 2 replaced by larger lamps, making the total
addition 12. Eight lamps have been shifted in position
and 4 lamps burning 10 cubic feet of gas per hour have
been added.
In the Parish of Putney, 7 lamps have been added
and 1 removed and refixed in the district of the
Wandsworth and Putney Gas Company.
In the Parish of Streatham, 37 ordinary, 1 Balham,
and 1 Bray's lamps have been added during the year, and
6 shifted, making the total number 1,106.
In the Parish of Tooting, 1 new lamp has been added
during the year, making the total number 135½.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, 29 new lamps have
been erected within the past year by the Wandsworth
and Putney Gas Company. The total number of lamps
lighted with gas in the parish is 1,065½.
The number of lamps in each parish, and the charges
for lighting, are shown in the table on the following
page:—