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Kensington 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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TABLE XVI.

QUARTERLY RETURN

Or the Chief Gas Examinee.

Common Gas.

Results of the Daily Testings of the Gas supplied by the Gas Light ana Coke Company to the Testing Station at 123, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, during the months of October, November, and December, 1874.

october.Illuminating Power in Standard Sperm Candles.Amount of Impurity.November.Illuminating Power in Standard Sperm Candles.Amount of Impurity.December.Illuminating Power in Standard Sperm Candles.Amount of Impurity.
Sulphuretted Hydrogen.Ammonia per 100 feet, grains.Sulphur per 100 feet, grains.Sulphuretted Hydrogen.Ammonia rer 100 feet, grains.Sulphur per 100 feet, grains.Sulphuretted Hydrogen.Ammonia per 100 feet. grains.Sulphur per 100 feet, grains.
117.3None0.816.5216.3NoneNone17.6118.2NoneNone15.9
216.70.218.1316.9175217.1"16.8
316.60.316.2416.917.5317.116.8
516.40.215.3516.717.3416.410.1
616.60.113.2616.816.5517.016.0
716.40.214.1716.117 316.519.4
816.30.017.0916.718.1817.019.5
916.51.016.11016.814.5916.719.1
1016.30.515.61116.70.415.01015.8prsnt.18.2
1216.30.416.112Not receiv ed1117.4do.0.422.0
1316.10.216.21316.70.415.01217.2traceNone22.1
1416.30.017.11416.6None16.01416.6None24.0
1516.70.017.21616.614.41517.022.1
1616.60.017.31716.51.018.31610.615.9
17Not received...1817.70.819.11716.5...16.2
1916.60.017,51917.30.6...1816 5...16.1
2015.50.017.42016.7None18.81916.5...16.3
2116.20.615.72116.218.82115.916.6
2216.50.415.72316.11.016.72216.422.4
2316.40.016.22416.4None16.72316.5...
2416.40.015.82516.616.52417.222.2
2617.8traces0.015 42616.6...25.........
2717.4much0.015.32716.50.3...26............
2816.8trace0.018.42816 90.016.92816.622.3
2916.3None0.018.23016.70.018.42916.7...
3016.40.018.23016.020.5
3116.30.017.83115.820.7
Mean16.53prsnt. three times.0.1916.44Mean16.670.1917.02Mean16.68prsnt. three times19.01