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Paddington 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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REPORT, 1899-1900.
The following 4.6 c. ft. lamps have been cut off
during the year:
No. 5, Salem Road.
No. 32, Salem Gardens.
Kildare Terrace and Gardens (6 lamps).
No. 66, Gloucester Terrace.
Newton Mews.
Manor Place (5 lamps).
Randolph Gardens (6 lamps).
Incandescent Burners.
The following streets are now lighted by means
of Incandescent Burners.
No. of
Lamps.
Gloucester Terrace
...
...
13
Kildare Terrace and Gardens
...
...
6
Manor Place
• • •
...
5
Randolph Gardens
...
...
6
and the Vestry at its meeting on the 20th February,
1900, ordered, that similar burners with Kensington
lanterns be substituted for the existing ordinary
lanterns and burners in Westbourne Grove, Bishop's
Road, and Harrow Road (from Bishop's Road to
Edgware Road). This order is now being carried
out.
Cubic feet.
The quantity of gas consumed during the year
by the Vestry's Ordinary 4.6 c.ft. Burner, was 17,261
The quantity consumed by a 4.2 c.ft. Incandescent
Burner for the same period was 16,410
Shewing a saving of gas during the year in
favour of the Incandescent Burner equal to 851