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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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is £3 12s. 7d. per lamp thus showing a saving of
1s. 10d. per lamp per annum.
In the Parish of Streatham, 59 new lamps have
been added during the year, 61 lamps have been shifted,
and incandescent burners fitted to 7.
In the Parish of Tooting, 17 new lamps have been
added and 4 shifted.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, 34 new lamps have
been erected within the district of the Wandsworth and
Putney Gas Company. The total number of lamps
lighted with gas in the parish is 1,240½.
The number of lamps in each parish, and the charges
for lighting, &c., are shown in the table on the following
page.