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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REPORT, 1899-1900.
[P.]
public lighting department.
LIST OF PLANT FIXED IN THE PUBLIC STREETS WITHIN THE
PARISH, LADY-DAY, 1900.
1,965 Lanterns
1,969 Governors
1,969 Cocks and Spindles
1,657 Head Irons
1,657 Lamp-posts and Columns, with Stand Pipes
308 Bracket Head Irons and Lamp Fittings
96 Meter Boxes and Connections
96 Meters and Fittings
206 Refuge and Special Lamp-posts and Columns
94 Refuge Meter Boxes, Meters, and Fittings (5-Light and 3-Light)
61 Sugg's Lambeth Pattern 100 C.P. Lamps
5 Sugg's York Lamps (10-feet)
6 Sugg's Victoria Lamps (15-feet)
104 Do. do. do. (10-feet)
30 Specially Constructed Lamps for Incandescent Burners.
30 Single Incandescent Burners
1 Three-light Cluster Do.
3 Single Incandescent Burners fitted to ordinary Lamps.
[G.]
EXPERIMENTAL AND TESTING APPARATUS FIXED AND IN
USE AT THE VESTRY HALL, LADY-DAY, 1900.
1 5½ 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
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 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
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Cash paid during the year ending Lady-day, 1900. | Outstanding Balances, .25th March, 1900. | Annual Expenditure, including Outstanding Balances. | |||||||
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Details of Expenditure. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
Brought forward | |||||||||
Tradesmen's Bills (continued):— | |||||||||
Sugg, W., & Co., for Lantern Repairs, &c. | 3 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 7 | lb | 1 |
Gay & Co., for Paint and Brushes | 82 | 1 | 9 | .. | 82 | 1 | 9 | ||
Cowan, W. & B., for Meter Repairs | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 2 |
General Rate Account, for Paving Repairs | • • | 14 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 5 | ||
Stephens & Carter, for Repairs to Ladders, &c. | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Price & Co., for Glycerine | 6 | 6 | 0 | • • | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Company, for Burners, Mantles, &c. | 25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 8 |
Morton & Burt, for Books and Stationery | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
The Gas Light and Coke Co., for Removals | 8 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 8 |
Parkinson W., for Pressure Register Papers and Repairs | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 |
Moore. A., for Fire Alarm Tablets | 2 | 8 | 0 | . . | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
Way, T., for Lamplighters' Overcoats | 52 | 10 | 0 | • • | 52 | 10 | 0 | ||
Putney, S., for Timber | • • | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
Tradesmen's and other Bills | £754 | 16 | 5 | ||||||
„ „ being Outstanding Balances to date | .. | £1,729 | 10 | 6 | |||||
Total Payments and Outstanding Balances | £8,015 | 5 | 9 | ||||||
Credit —Cash received for Private Lighting | 21 | 12 | 6 | ||||||
„ „ Sewers Department, Gas to Urinals | 35 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
,, „ from various persons for replacing damaged Lamp-posts, Columns, &c. | 25 | 15 | 5 | ||||||
82 | 13 | 7 | |||||||
Total Cash Payments and Outstanding Balances to Lady-day, 1900, after deducting Credit | • • | • • | £7,932 | 12 | 2 |