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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 1882
[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. | |