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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 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Table: Supplied by the Gas Light and Coke and Crystal Palace District Gas Companies, made on 37 and 11 occasions respectively during the year ending the 25th March, 1886.

Supplied by the Gas Light and Coke and Crystal Palace District Gas Companies, made on 37 and 11 occasions respectively during the year ending the 25th March, 1886.

Gas Companies.Where tested.Average Illuminating Power.Tests for parity, Ammonia, and Sulphuretted Hydrogen.
The Gas Light andVestry Hall15.5Free from Sulphuretted Hydrogen & Ammonia.
The Crystal Palace DistrictSydenham Station15.6Ditto.

Table: The following gives the Illuminating Power of the Gas supplied by the South Metropolitan Company, as taken from the Chief Gas Examiner's quarterly Reports:—

The following gives the Illuminating Power of the Gas supplied by the South Metropolitan Company, as taken from the Chief Gas Examiner's quarterly Reports:—

ILLUMINATING POWER.
Maximum.Minimum.Average.
June, 188517.016.016.6
Sept. „17.115.716.5
Dec. „17.116.216.5
March, 188617.1l6.2I6'5