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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
St George (Westminster) 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Statement, showing the actual cost ??? in the ??? supplied to the Public Lamps under this system for the Years ended 25th June, 1878, and 25th June, 1879, as compared amount paid to the Gas Company during the corresponding period of 1877.
| Introduction of the Average Meter System. | Expenses of Vestry incurred in Lighting the Public Lamps by the Average Meter System for the Twelve Months ended June 1879. | Charges of the Gas Light and Coke Company for Lighting the Public Lamps for the Year ended 1877. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FIRST COST. | Actual cost of Gas supplied by Meter indication to 1,732 Lamps | 3,985 | 13 | 11 | Actual amount paid to Gas Company for the supply of Gas to the Public Lamps for the year ended June, 1877, including Lighting, Cleaning, and Repairs (1,725 Lamps) | £6,390 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Providing and fixing Meters and Meter Boxes | 886 | 11 | 0 | £ | |||||||||||||||||
| Materials, includingPaint, Oil. Leathers, &c | 22 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ditto Lever Cocks and Governors. | 388 | 2 | 6 | Supply of Lamp-posts, | |||||||||||||||||
| Making good Footway Paving, &c. | 81 | 18 | 3 | pairs (including Seven additional lamps) | 137 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Ladders . | 19 | 8 | 6 | Lamplighters' Wages, including Inspector and Gas Fitter | 1,520 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lamplighters' Torches & Poles | 22 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Testing Apparatus, PressureGauges, includingMinute Clock and fixing same, and fitting upTestingRoom | 104 | 13 | 6 | 1,658 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,680 | 14 | 9 | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Annual Maintenance of Meters, Governors, &c., as per Contract | 131 | 19 | 0 | Showing a saving for the year 1878, of | £665 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| £5 798 | 7 | 8 | Ditto, 1879 | 746 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Advertising Books, Stationery, &c. | 23 | 15 | 9 | CREDIT. | Total, 2 years | £1,412 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Stock of Meters, Boxes, Governors,Regulators, Tools &c. . | 119 | 11 | 4 | Goods in stock, charged above (but not used) | 54 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lighting Private Lamps | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Lamp-posts, and Repairs, &c., to be paid for | 50 | 14 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Stand Pipes | 18 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Numbers to Lamps | 15 | 2 | 3 | 154 | 18 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Engineering Fees | 31 | 10 | 0 | Total Cost for 1879 | £5,643 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Total Cost | £1,711 | 3 | 2 | Total Cost for 1878 | £5,724 | 13 | 5 | G. LIVINGSTONE, C.E., Surveyor, | |||||||||||||