Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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[D] public lighting department.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES IN STORE TO DATE.
9 Cast Iron Street Lamp-posts | 72 Lantern Bottoms |
18 „ Lamp Columns | 90 „ Earthenware Tops |
46 Meters, Second-hand | 3 Gross Lantern Sides (glass) |
42 Meter Boxes, „ | 4 „ „ Tops (opal) |
3 Refuge Lamp-posts | 50 lbs. Putty |
9 „ Guard Posts | 14 lbs. Tarred Yarn |
1 „ Meter and Box | 5 lbs. Bracket Iron Nails |
17 Lamplighters' Ladders | 11 Small Oil Cans |
3 Pairs of Steps | 60 India-rubber Meter Box Bands |
1 Bracket Iron | 80 lbs. Pieces of old Lead Pipe, with Caps |
40 New Lanterns | 8 ft. ¾-in. Lead Pipe |
5 Old | 4 Lead Pipes, with Caps and Linings, 2 ft. long |
56 Stand Pipes | |
35 Head-irons | 60 Brass Caps&Linings (various) |
85 Lantern Cocks | 60 ¾-in. Barrel Pieces |
259 New and Old Governors | 96 Sockets and Nipples |
10 Pairs Plyers | 84 Bolts for Meter Box Lids |
13 Lighting Torches | 18 Bye-passes |
6 ,, „ Sticks | 3 Springs |
4 lbs. Sheet Copper | 36 5-in. Elbows |
8 lbs. Iron Wire | 36 £-in. Bends |
32 Lantern Tents (details) | 36 £-in. Red. Sockets |
80 „ Doors | 116 Iron Spindles |
Estimated Value, £319 18s. 7d. |