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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
Hammersmith 1905
Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906
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GAS LIGHTING.
The total number of incandescent gas lamps in the
Borough, and under the control of the Council on the
31st March, 1906, was 1,247 lamps.
The Electricity and Lighting Committee has from time to time considered applications for additional lamps and removals, and recommended the Council to erect 33 new lamps, to alter the position of 15, and to replace 16 by electric lamps, as shewn in the annexed list:—
| Position. | New Lamps | Altered positions | Removals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Street | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Brook Green Works Road | — | 2 | — | ||
| Caverswall Street | 1 | - | — | ||
| Collingbourne Road | 3 | - | — | ||
| Ducane Road | 6 | - | — | ||
| Dunraven Road | 1 | - | — | ||
| Emlyn Road | — | 4 | — | ||
| Eynham Road | 5 | - | — | ||
| Glenroy Street | 1 | — | — | ||
| Halsbury Road | 1 | — | — | ||
| Heath Place | — | — | 1 | ||
| Hopgood Street | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| Hythe Road | 1 | — | — | ||
| Latimer Road | 1 | 3 | — | ||
| Richmond Road | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| Shinfield Street | 2 | — | — | ||
| Sinclair Road | — | — | 16 | ||
| Thorpebank Road | 7 | — | — | ||
| Waterloo Street | 1 | — | — | ||
| Wendell Road | — | 1 | — | ||
| Wood Lane | — | 2 | — | ||
| 33 | 15 | 17 | |||
The annual cost of the public lamps, including
lighting, cleaning and maintenance of lantern in the
Brentford Gas Company's district is as follows:—