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Paddington 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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122 BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
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PUBLIC LIGHING DEPARTMENT.
| Details of Expenditure. | Cash paid during the year ending Lady-day, 1891. | Outstanding Balances, 25th March, 1891. | Annual Expenditure, including outstanding Balances. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gas Light & Coke Co., for Gas supplied to Public and Refuge Lamps, as follows: | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1890, June Quarter—Lamps and Additions | 808 | 6 | 7 | |||||||
| 919 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||
| ,, Dec. ,, ,, ,, | 1,493 | 18 | 6 | |||||||
| 3,222 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1891, March Quarter—Lamps and Additions | .. | 1,361 | 4 | 1 | 4,583 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Total Wages Paid. | Wages paid to Lamplighters | . . | .. | 1,489 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| „ ,, to Fitter and Glazier, fixing knock-down Lamps, new Posts, and Repairs | 1,766 | 3 | 2 | .. | 227 | 13 | 0 | |||
| „ ,, for Washing and Painting Lamp-posts, Columns, and Lanterns | . . | 48 | 14 | 4 | ||||||
| Maintenance of Meters, Boxes, and Governors, &c. | 132 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 176 | 14 | 0 | |
| The Gas Light & Coke Co., Lamp Removals, &c. | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | |
| W. & B. Cowan, Refuge Lamp Meters and Repairs | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 9 | |
| Wm. Sugg & Co., Refuge Lamps and Repairs | 28 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 9 | |
| J. Bartle & Co., Lamp-post Castings | 32 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 18 | 9 | |
| W. King. supply of 'Gas Journal" | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| J. Matts, Ironmongery | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Surveyor, Sundry Payments | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |
| Pontifex & Co.. Lanterns Head irons &c | 109 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 113 | 6 | 11 | |
| J. Stephens & Co., Ladders and Repairs | 3 | 14 | 1 | .. | 3 | 14 | 1 | |||
| McCorquodale, Stationery, Books, &c. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 10 | |
| E. Reakes, Oil Shop Goods | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Carried forward | £333 | 0 | 8 | £1,441 | 16 | 10 | £6,763 | 2 | 8 | |