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 St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
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Brought forward | 3,000 | 9 | |||||||
STREET LIGHTING. | |||||||||
Supply of gas by the Gaslight and Coke Company | 2,836 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
Repairs to lamps | 30 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
Fixing 9 "Victoria" and 9 "Metropole" Sugg's lamps in Northumberland Avenue | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
New Refuge in Northumberland Avenue, by Gt. Scotland Yard | 27 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
Altering position of Refuge at Charing Cross, by Messrs. Drummond's Bank | 21 | 12 | 4 | ||||||
2,924 | 19 | ||||||||
The following statement shows the present number of lamps, their consumption of gas, and cost:— | |||||||||
Lighting hours 4,300 per annum. Common gas at 2s. 5d. per 1,000 cubic feet. | |||||||||
4 Lamps, consuming 4 ft. per hour, at £2 19s. 7A. per annum | £ | s. | d. | r ' | |||||
11 | 18 | 4 | |||||||
4 lamps, consuming 4 ft. (day and night), at £5 2s. 8d per annum | 20 | 10 | 8 | ||||||
587 lamps, consuming 6 ft. per hour, at £4 0s. 4d. per annum | 2,357 | 15 | 8 | ||||||
13 lamps, consuming 10 ft. per hour, at £6 1s. 11d. per annum | 79 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
13 lamps, consuming 15 ft. per hour, at £813s. 10d. per annum | 112 | 19 | 10 | ||||||
2 lamps, consuming 19 ft. per hour, at £11 7s. 5d. per annum | 22 | 11 | 10 | ||||||
15 lamps, consuming 20 ft. per hour, at £11 17s. l0d. per annum | 178 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
1 lamp, consuming 25 ft. per hour, at £14 9s. 9d. per annum 2 metered lamps (9 lights each), Northumberland | 4 | 9 | |||||||
Avenue— | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
Gas, per annum | 85 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
Lighting, per annum | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
97 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
641 | £2,895 | 16 | 6 | ||||||
Carried forward | £5,295 | 8 | 7 |
I beg to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
HENRY JACQUES,
Surveyor.