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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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[6.] MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES IN STORE TO DATE IN THE PUBLIC LIGHTING
DEPARTMENT.
| 8 New Cast-Iron Lamp-posts | 2 Lighting Sticks |
| 5 Old do. do. | 24 Burner Nipples (Sugg's) |
| 27 Lamp Columns | 4 lbs. Sheet Copper |
| 33 Meters, Second-hand | 2 lbs. Brass Wire |
| 37 Meter Boxes, do. | 60 Lantern Tents for Repairs |
| 1 Refuge Lamp-post | 48 Do. Doors do. |
| 1 Do. Column | 72 Do. Bottoms do. |
| 3 Do. Guard-posts | 800 Do. Earthenware Tops |
| 4 Do. Lamp Meters | 13 Gross Lantern Glass Sides (various) |
| 1 Sugg's 100 C.P. Lambeth Lanterns | 4 Doz. Do. Opal Tops |
| 4 Sugg's York Pattern Lanterns | 36 Enamel Lantern Tops |
| 24 Sugg's Cocks, Spindles, Burners | 50 lbs. Putty |
| 12 Lamplighters' Ladders | 8 Small Oil Cans |
| 3 Pair Steps | 6 India-rubber Mater Box Bands |
| 1 Long Ladder | 5 ft. Lead Pipe, ¾-in. |
| 2 Bracket Irons | 24 Lead Pipes, with Caps, &c., 2-ft. loner |
| 48 New Lanterns | 48 Brass Caps and Linings |
| 16 Old lanterns | 36 ¾-in. Barrel Pieces |
| 93 ½in. and ¾-in. Stand Pipes | 72 ¾-in. Sockets and Nipples |
| 22 Head Irons | 18 Bye-passes |
| 2 Head Irons (repaired) | 12 ¾-in. Elbows |
| 60 Lantern Cocks | 12 ¾-in. Bends |
| 400 New and Old Governors | 36 ¾-in. Reducing Sockets |
| 5 Lighting Torches | 48 Iron Spindles |
| 12 Old do. | 4 Pair Plyers |
Estimated Value, £40.