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Paddington 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TO THE
VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF PADDINGTON.
Public Lighting and Works Department,
Paddington, June 1st, 1887.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Annual Report for the
Year ending Lady-Day, 1887, embracing the following
subjects, viz.—Public Lighting, Dusting, Watering,
Slopping, Carting Roadway Materials, Sanding Frosty
Roads, Sweeping the Public Highways, Maintenance
of Paddington Green and the disused Burial Ground
Garden.
PUBLIC LIGHTING DEPARTMENT.
Ordinary Lamps.—The Average Meter System
has now been in operation for thirteen years, and continues
to work satisfactorily. There are now 1,945
lamps, each estimated to consume 4.6 cubic feet of gas
per hour, but the actual average per hour for the year
has been 4.34 cubic feet. The number of hours
burning 3,878, or an average of 10.53 hours per lamp