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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 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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17
LIGHTING.
During the year ending 25th March, 1885, there have been
4 amps erected, and 39 removed to places of greater
tility.
The total number of ordinary street lamps lighted by the
estry at the present time is 3,853; there are also 15-burner,
3-burner, 22-burner lamps, and 7 single-flame lamps (each
nsuming 10 feet per hour); and the cost of lighting, including
ew columns, removal of lamps, and sundry expenses, amounted
£14,071 8s. 11d.
The following is the
RESULT OF 407 OBSERVATIONS
OF THE
ILLUMINATING POWER OF THE GAS,
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| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 23677 | 10 | 5 | Brought forward | 23 738 | 10 | |
| Willington Road | 0 | 18 | 9 | Wootton Street | 4 | 14 | |
| Wilson Street | 1 | 17 | 6 | Wyndham Road | 45 | 15 | |
| Wiltshire Road | 2 | 3 | 9 | Wynne Road | 0 | 18 | |
| Wincott Street | 29 | 19 | 6 | Wyvil Road | 0 | 6 | |
| Windmill Street | 9 | 19 | 9 | York Crescent | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| Wigmore Road | 1 | 17 | 6 | York Road (Inner) | 1839 | 1 | |
| Woodland Hill | 13 | 3 | 3 | York Road (4 Out) | 19 | 4 | |
| Woodland Road | 1 | 0 | 3 | York Street | 117 | 4 | |
| Total | £25781 | 19 | |||||
| Carried forward | 23738 | 10 | 8 |