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Paddington 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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[G] VESTRY OF PADDINGTON.—PUBLIC LIGHTING DEPARTMENT.
THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1886.
| TABLE showing the Hours of Burning and the quantity of Gas per Lamp per Annum for which the Vestry would have paid under the Scale or Contract System. | TABLE showing the actual Hours of Burning, the Quantity of Gas Consumed per Lamp per Annum, under the Average Meter System. Also the Total Quantity of Gas Saved over all the Lamps during the Twelve Months. | ||||||||||||
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| Month. | Burning Per Month. | Average per Night. | Rate per Hour. | Quantity Consumed. | Month. | Average Hours. | Estimated Consumption at 4.6 cubic feet per hour. | Actual Consumption by Muter Average and modified hours. | Difference gained by Meter. | Consump- tion per Hour. | Total quantity between Scale and Meter System. | Total Quantity over all the Lamps. | |
| Burning per month. | Burning per Night.. | ||||||||||||
| 1885 | Hours. | Hours. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | 1885 | Hours. | Hours. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. |
| April | 299 | 9.96 | 5. | 1,497. | April | 278.88 | 9.26 | 1,282 | 1,244.31 | 38.53 | 4.46 | 252.69 | 481,627 |
| May | 254.8 | 8.21 | 6. | 1,274 | May | 212.43 | 6.85 | 977.17 | 960.97 | 16.20 | 4.62 | 313.03 | 596,636 |
| June | 220. | 7.32 | 6. | 1,100 | June | 789.40 | 795 05 | 4.63 | 304.95 | 681,234 | |||
| The Quarter | 3,869 | The Quarter | 662.92 | 3,049.41 | 3,000.33 | 64.73 | ... | 870.67 | 1,659,496 | ||||
| July | 240.8 | 7.76 | 6. | 1,204 | July | 199.71 | 6.44 | 918.66 | 913.47 | 123.61 | 4.67 | 290.53 | 563,760 |
| August | 288.8 | 9.57 | 5. | 1,444 | August | 250.97 | 8.09 | 1,154.46 | 1,135.78 | 18.68 | 4.62 | 308.22. | 687,467 |
| September | 337" | 11.23 | 5. | 1,685 | September | 314.79 | 1,448.03 | 1,400.32 | 47.71 | 4.44 | 284.68 | 542,884 | |
| The Quarter | 866.6 | 4,333 | The Quarter | 765.47 | 3,621.15 | 3,449.57 | 190.00 | 883.43 | 1,684,101 | ||||
| October | 409.8 | 13.21 | 6. | 2,049 | October | 392.57 | 1266 | 1,805.82 | 1,739.26 | 66.56 | 4.43 | 309.74 | 590,674 |
| November | 450. | 16. | 6. | 2,250 | November | 414.92 | 13.83 | 1,908.63 | 1,798.82 | 109.81 | 4.33 | 451.18 | 860,400 |
| December | 494.8 | 16.96 | 6. | 2,474 | December | 472.89 | 15.25 | 2,175.29 | 2,018.08 | 157.21 | 4.26 | 465.92 | 872.174 |
| The Quarter | 1,354.6 | ... | ... | 6,773 | The Quarter | 1,280.38 | ... | 6,889.74 | 5,556.16 | 333.58 | 1,216.84 | 2,323,248 | |
| 1886. | 1886. | ||||||||||||
| January | 478.8 | 16.44 | 6. | 2,324 | January | 443.99 | 14.29 | 2,039.13 | 1,908.72 | 130.41 | 4.30 | 486.28 | 929,796 |
| February | 417.2 | 14.38 | 5. | 2,086 | February | 365.83 | 1306 | 1,682.81 | 1,569.46 | 113.35 | 4.29 | 516.54 | 989,690 |
| March | 369.8 | 11.92 | 6. | 1,849 | March | 359.12 | 11.38 | 1,651.95 | 1,564.36 | 87.59 | 4.36 | 284.64 | 646,224 |
| The Quarter | 1,265.8 | ... | ... | 6,329 | The Quart or | 1,168.24 | 5,373.89 | 6,042.54 | 331.35 | 1,286.46 1 2,165,710 | |||
| The Year | 4,260.8 | 11.60 | 6. | 21,304 | The Year | 3,87701 | 10.62 | 17,834.19 | 17,048.60 | 909.66 | Average. 4.42 | 4,257.40 | 8,132,555 |