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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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A PADDINGTON VESTRY-PUBLIC LIGHTING DEPARTMENT.
| Details of Expenditure. | Outstanding Balances, 25th March, 1887. | Annual Expenditure, including outstanding Balances. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| The Gas Light & Coke Co., for Gas supplied to Public and Refuge Lamps, as follows:— | |||||||||
| 1886, June Quarter, 1,969 Lamps and Additions | 833 | 18 | 8 | ||||||
| ,, Sept. ,, 1,977 ,, ,, | 983 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| ,, Dec. ,, 1,981 „ ,, | 1,621 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 3,438 | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| 1887, March Quarter, 1,991 Lamps and Additions | 1,466 | 13 | 1 | 4,905 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Wages paid Lamplighters | 1,451 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| Wages paid Fitter & Glazier,fixing knock-down Lamps &new Posts & repairs | 212 | 10 | 3 | ||||||
| Wages paid—Washing and Painting Lamp-posts, Columns, and Lanterns | 53 | 16 | 8 | ||||||
| Salary to Inspector of Public Lighting | 220 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Maintenance of Meters, Boxes, and Governors, &c. | 139 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 177 | 19 | 5 |
| The Gas Light & Coke Co., Lamp Removals, &c. | 24 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 12 | 2 |
| W. & B. Cowan, Refuge Lamp Meters and Repairs | 17 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 11 |
| Wm. Sugg & Co., Refuge Lamps and Repairs | 16 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 18 | 3 |
| J, Bartle & Co., Lamp-post Castings | 88 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 107 | 15 | 1 |
| Sherman & Co., Stand-pipes and Glass | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Tomlin, Opal Glass and putty | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 6 |
| McCorquodale & Co., and Morton & Burt, Printers | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| J. Matts, Ironmongery | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| J. Stephens & Co., Ladders and Repairs | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| W. & J. Allen & Co., Lanterns and Head-irons | 22 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Pontifex & Co. „ „ | 33 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Inspector, Sundry Payments | 4 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| W. King, supply of Gas Journals | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Carried forward | £391 | 13 | 2 | £1,568 | 12 | 2 | £7.336 | 16 | 8 |