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Wandsworth 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Pressure.
The pressure which is usually rather higher than that of the
Wandsworth and Putney Gas Co., has shewn an
average of 3.6 inches with a minimum of 2.6 and
a maximum of 4.3 inches.
Sulphuretted
Hydrogen.
This impurity has been absent from the gas at all testings
made during the year ended 31st March, 1911.
H. Wilson Hake, Ph.D.,
Gas Examiner.

Table: TABLE 1.Showing Monthly Averages of the Illuminating Power, Sulphur and Pressure of the Gas supplied by the Wandsworth and Putney Gas Company during the year ended31st March,1911.

TABLE 1.

Showing Monthly Averages of the Illuminating Power, Sulphur and Pressure of the Gas supplied by the Wandsworth and Putney Gas Company during the year ended31st March,1911.

Date.Illuminating Power in Standard Sperm Candles.Grains of Sulphur in 100 cubic feet of gas.Pressure in inches of Water.
April, 191014.529.12.7
May, ,,14.529.72.7
June, „14.528.52.8
July, ,,14.628.42.8
August, „14.626.82.8
September, ,,14.524.02.7
October, „14.726.82.6
November, „14.625.72.6
December, „14.928.73.1
January, 191115.027.03.0
February, „14.530.63.1
March, ,,14.526.63.1
Average for the year ended 31st March, 191114.62772.8