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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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by the Medical Officer, and the following is a summary of the
Lighting Committee's Reports to the Vestry:
Gas Companies.
Parliamentary
Standard.
Candles.
Where
Tested.
Average
Illuminating
Power.
Candles.
Tests for purity,
Ammonia, and
Sulphuretted
Hydrogen.
Gas Light and
Coke
16
Vestry Hall
16.1
Free from
Sulphuretted
Hydrogen and
Ammonia.
Crystal Palace
District
12
Sydenham
Station
16.2
Ditto.
The average Illuminating Power of the Gas supplied by the
South Metropolitan Company, as tested at the various Testing
Stations during the year, was shown to be above the Parliamentary
Standard of 16 Candles.