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 Fulham]
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The cost of lighting per head is 1s. 1d., and equal to a rate
of l⅜d. in the £.
The following further particulars given in detail will enable a
better comparison to be made, should the Vestry of Fulham elect
to provide and keep in repair their own public lamp posts and
lamps, and apparatus connected therewith, and also in case of their
electing to burn by meter, and light and extinguish the lamps as
provided for in Sec. 23 of the Metropolis Gas Act, 1860.
THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY.
Supply of Gas.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
995 Lamps at 5ft. per hour, at
3744.95 lighting hours per annum
at 2/6 per 1000ft., at
£2 6s. 10d. per lamp
2329
19
2
2 Lamps at 12ft., do., do., at
£5 12s. 4d. per lamp
11
4
8
1 Lamp, at 28ft., do., do., at
£13 2s. 1d. per lamp
13
2
1
13 Lamps, by meter, having consumed
405,500 cubic feet, for
half-year ending 29th Sept.,
1886, at 2/6 per 1000 cubic ft.
58
14
9
Ditto probable expenditure for halfyear
ending 25th March, 1887
93
19
7
Gas at Vestry Offices 39,500 cubic
feet for half-year ending 29th
September, 1886, at 3/- per
1000 cubic feet
6
3
6
Ditto for half-year ending 25th
March, 1887
9
17
7
2523
1
4
Lighting and Extinguishing.
997 Lamps, 5ft. and 12ft., at 15/per
annum
747
14
0
1 Lamp, 28ft., at 20/- per annum
1
0
0
13 Lamps, meter, at 20/- per annum
13
0
0
761
15
0
Repairing, Painting, &c.
995 Lamps, 5ft., at 3/6 per annum
174
2
6
2 Lamps, 12ft., at 7/3 per annum
0
14
6
174
17
%
0