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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PUBLIC LIGHTING DEPARTMENT.
LIST OF PLANT FIXED IN THE PUBLIC STREETS WITHIN THE
PARISH, LADY-DAY, 1890.
1,995 Lanterns
1,995 Governors
1,995 Cocks and Spindles
1,664 Head Irons
1,664 Lump-posts and Columns, with Stand Pipes
231 Bracket Head Irons and Lamp Fittings
98 Meter Boxes and Connections
98 Meters and Fittings
65 Refuge Lamp-posts and Columns
58 Refuge Meter Boxes, Meters, and Fittings
41 Sugg's Lambeth Pattern 100 C. P. Lamps
16 Sugg's York Pattern, with "Billingsgate" Burners
4 Bray's 80 Candle Power Lamps
1 Sherman's 8-feet per hour Lamp
3 Sugg's Victoria Lamps
EXPERIMENTAL AND TESTING APPARATUS FIXED AND IN
USE AT THE VESTRY HALL, LADY-DAY, 1890.
1 55 cubic feet Testing Gas Holder and Connections
1 Meter for Testing Lamp Governors
1 Experimental Governor
1 Do. Minute Clock, "King's"
1 Do. 30/10ths "King's" Pressure Guage
1 Pair Inspector's Pocket Guages
50/10ths Pressure Register, Clock, Base, and Fittings
1 Fixed Table, for Testing purposes
1 Experimental Meter, for Testing by observations of one minute
1 Small Bent Glass Pressure Guage
2 Syphon Double-action Meter Pumps
2 Pressure Guage Lengthening Brass Tubes
1 Hullett's Patent Pressure Guage
OFFICE FURNITURE.
Closets, Shelves, and Fixtures
Table for Experimental Purposes
Office Table
Fender and Fire-irons
Linoleum and Chairs