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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
Paddington 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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The following Table will illustrate in detail the varying quantities passed by 30 Governors at three different pressures. These Governors have been working for several months on the
| Reference No. | Pressure at | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7/10th. | 8/10th. | 15/10th | |
| Cu. ft. | Cu. ft. | Cu. ft. | |
| 10 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 11 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 22 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 24 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| 30 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 37 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 48 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| 49 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 51 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 53 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 54 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 57 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 63 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 69 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 73 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 80 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 86 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 87 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| 88 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 91 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| 92 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 93 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 94 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
| 99 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 109 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| 114 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 117 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 119 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 124 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 134 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Average Consumption per hour | 4.76 | 4.83 | 4.87 |
| MaximuraConsumption per hour | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Minimum do. do. | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
With such results, together with the well-established
fact that governors, as at present constructed, are very
irregular in their action; and as it is known that
some allow the passage of Gas to be above, and others
below the agreed rate of consumption, by taking the
average, something more like accuracy as to the quantity
of Gas actually passed can be arrived at (as may be
seen by the before-mentioned results), than by assuming
that all allow a stated number of cubic feet per hour to
pass in a given time, which has been, and is still the
practice generally adopted in the Metropolis, and which
of course operates very much in favour of the Gas