Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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The average eost per annum of ordinary lamps fitted
with incandescent burners, including renewal of mantles,
is £3 11s. 1d. per lamp, and the cost per annum of
lamps fitted with ordinary 5-ft. burners £3 8s. 1d. per
lamp.
The number of lamps in each parish, and the charges
for lighting, &c., are shown in the table on the following
page.
Note to Tabular Statement of Lamps on page 98.
In the Parish of Clapham, the lamps in the column headed "Other
Lamps" are ten obelisk lamps, each fitted with two incandescent burners
at £6 8s. (id. each per annum. The lamps in the column headed "Electric
Lamps "are four arc lamps lighted by the County of London and Brush
Provincial Electric Lighting Company at £.33 each per annum.
In the Parish of putney, the lamps in the column headed "Other
Lamps," are two 90-light Sugg's lamps fixed in front of the railway station,
lighted by the L. & S.W.R. Co., and the cost of two ordinary lamps only
charged to the Council, one double incandescent lamp at The Crescent,
Putney Common. Dryburgh Road, Upper Richmond Road and on the new
underground convenience in Upper Richmond Road respectively, at
£5 6s. each per annum.
In the Parish of Streatham, the lamps in the column headed "Other
Lamps," are six incandescent lamps at £8 19s. 4d. each per annum. The
lamps in the column headed " Electric Lamps " are ten incandescent lamps
lighted by electricity generated at the dust destructor.
In the Parish of Tooting, the lamps in the column headed "Other
Lamps" are two incandescent lamps at £4 11s., and six incandesceut
lamps at £4 12s. each per annum. The lamps in the column headed
"Electric Lamps" are seven incandescent lamps lighted by electricity
generated at the dust destructor.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, the lamps in the column headed
" Other Lamps," are one triple burner incandescent lamp at East Hill,
and one at High Street at £8 Is. 9d. per lamp per annum (exclusive of
mantles), one double burner incandescent lamp at Summerstown, one at
Trinity Road, one at Wandsworth Common, West Side, and one at West
Hill, at £5 12s. per lamp, per annum, (exclusive of mantles), and one at tlie
Town Hall. The average cost of supplying and fixing the mantles is
7s. 4d. per burner per annum. The lamps in the column headed " Electric
Lamps" are five arc lamps lighted by the County of London Electric
Lighting Company fur £25 12s. per annum,
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