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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
Lambeth 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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Result of 123 examinations of the Gas supplied to the Parish,
consisting of 1220 observations during the year 1866:-
GAS COMPANY.
No. of
occasions
Gas
tested.
Where Tested.
Average
Illuminating
power.
Tests for purity,
Ammonia,
Sulphuretted
Hydrogen.
The London.
47
The Vestryhall,
Kennington
Equal to
14.35 candles.
Always pure.
The Phœnix (Vauxhall).
47
The Vestryhall,
14.39 candles.
Always pure.
The Phœnix (Bankside).
8
The Testinghouse,
Wellington
Street
Blackfriars.
13.75 candles.
Impure, Ammonia
always
present except
on one
occasion.
The South Metropolitan
11
The Testinghouse,
HillStreet,
Peckham.
13.72 candles.
Always pure.
The Crystal Palace
District.
10
The "Works,
Lower Sydenham.
13.53 candles.
Generally impure
from the
presence of
Ammonia.
(By Order)
THOMAS ROFFEY,
Clerk to the Vestry.
Vestry Hall,
Kennington.
December, 1867.