London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 Giles (Camberwell) 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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parishes in which the meter system was actually in use, the following particulars:—
| Name of Vestry or Board. | Mileage of Streets Lighted | Distance between Lamps | Total number of Ordinary Lamps. | Number of Centres for Lighting. | Number of Lamps to each Meter. | Hours of Burning (Daily Average). | Consumption of Gas Daily, Average per hour. | COST PER LAMP. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas at 2/8. | Gas at 2/6. | ||||||||||||
| YARDS. | H. M. | FEET. | £ | S. | d. | £ | S. | d. | |||||
| St. Pancras | 90 to 100 | 30 to 35 | 3,590 | 6 | 24 | 10.30 | 4.6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 11½ |
| Shoreditch | 52 | 30 to 60 | 1,537 | 3 | 20 | 10.8 | 4.6 | 3 | 9 | 0½ | 3 | 6 | 0¼ |
| Paddington | 45 | 35 | 1,926 | 20 | 10.40 | 4.6 | 3 | 9 | 5¾ | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 41½ | 30 | 1,731 | 21 | 10.30 | 4. | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Kensington | 81 | 30 to 70 | 4,200 | 4 | 24 | 10.52 | 4.5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 |