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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Clerkenwell 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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2 lanterns, with 5 ft. burners, on Churchyard.
1 ,, ,, 6 ft. burner.
8 ,, ,, 8 ft. burners.
2 ,, ,, 10 ft.
1 „ „ 12 ft.
316 lanterns, with 3.25 ft. Incandescent burners.
38 „ „ 3.50 ft. ,, ,,
2 ,, „ 4.00 ft. ,, ,,
240 „ „ 6.50 ft. ,, ,,
1 ,, „ 7.00 ft. ,, ,,
7 ,, „ 9.75 ft. ,, ,,
17 ,, ., 13.00 ft. ,, ,,
The cost of lighting the Parish was as follows:—
| Gas Light & Coke Co. | 2,199 | 7 | 10 |
| Seymour Lamp Columns, &c. | 76 | 14 | 11 |
| H. Clark, Gasfitter's Work - | 164 | 9 | 1 |
| Gasfitter's Wages | 103 | 10 | 0 |
| Lamplighter's Wages - | 661 | 7 | 0 |
| Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Co. - | 181 | 16 | 7 |
| Pontifex & Co., Materials, Tools, &c. | 49 | 16 | 2 |
| Liverpool Meter Co. | 1,094 | 13 | 5 |
| British Sanitary Works, Ltd. proportion of cost of Lamp Columns - | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamp Lighters' Overcoats and Caps - | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| £4,567 | 17 | 0 |