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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TABLE showing the Hours of Burning and the quantity 1 TABLE showing the actual Hours of Burning, the Quantity of Gas Consumed per Lamp per Annum, of Gas per Lamp per Annum for which the Vestry under the Average Meter System. Also the Total Quantity of Gas Saved over all the Lamps during would have paid under the Scale or Contract System. the Twelve Months.
Month | Hours Burning Per Month. | Average Honrs per Night. | Rate per Hour. | Quantity of gas Consumed. | MONTH | Average Hours. | Estimated Consumption at 4.6 cubic feet per Hour. | Actual Consumption by Meter Average and modified hours | Difference gained by Meter. | Consumption per Honr. | Total quantity gained and Meter Systems. | Total Quantity over all the Lamps. | |
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Burning per Month | Bnrning por Night. | ||||||||||||
1884. | Hours. | Hours. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet | 1884. | Hours. | Hours. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. |
... | |||||||||||||
June | 220. | 5. | 1,100 | June | ... | ||||||||
The Quarter | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
july | 6.60 | ... | |||||||||||
August | ... | ||||||||||||
September | 5. | ||||||||||||
The Quarter | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
October | |||||||||||||
November | ... | 1382 | 4.39 | 427.98 | 821,721 | ||||||||
December | 5. | 2,06905 | |||||||||||
The Quarter | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
February | 921,494 | ||||||||||||
March | 11.18 | 68.47 | 323.57 | 623,195 | |||||||||
The Quarter | ... | ... | |||||||||||
The Year . | 11.66 |