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St Mary (Islington) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]

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Parrn, Borough, or DistrictArea in Acres.Population.Number of Inhabited Houses.System of Electric Lighting in use, when adopted, and if proved satisfactory.Total cost of installation.Area of site of station.Length of mains included in above cost of installation.Number of 16 candle- power lamps provided for when station fully loaded, and number now installed (including street lighting, if any).Number of private houses or shops supplied.Number of units (actual or estimated delivered to consumers during last completed year.Price per unit charged to private consumers.Cost of production per unit delivered to consumer (including allowance for depreciation, redemption fund,&c.Total percentage of costs to revenue.Is there a good demand for electricity in the district in " preference to gas?AS TO STREET LIGHTING.
(a) Of Pariah, (a) Site.System in use for street lighting, and length of streets lighted.Number of public street lamps supplied, and total estimated candle power of same.Number of gas lamps superseded, and totalestimated candle-power of same.Total cost of street lighting.Estimated cost during same period of gas lamps superseded.
Borough or District.(b) Works, Machinery and Plant.
(b) Of District supplied(c) Mains.
???EEDS(a) 21,572387,04570,000High tension alter nating current adopted May, 1892.(a) £10,0005,250 square yards, including space for extension of station to four times its original capacity.12,500 yards.3,750 burning at one time, permitting wiring for 7,500. 3,500 lights applied for.The number represented by the 3,500 lights is about 80......8d. per unit, less discounts under scale...................No Street Lighting.
(b) Company's order includes the entire Borough of Leeds.Works not yet in operation.(b) £18,500
Hammond & Co., Enginners.(c) £5,5000 (Estimated)
The compulsory area is large and scattered one.
???ANELLYNo works constructed yet. The Board are in negotiation for transfer of their powers.
LONDON
CITY OF LONDON COM PANY..................High tension alternating transformer system.Works now being largely extended.............6,500 in use simultaneously and 440 are lamps of 2,000 c. p.............8d.............Yes.Arc lamps in about 11 miles of streets.409, each of 2,000c.p. nominal(actual power not ascertained).1,126 of about 14 c.p. each.£10,634 per annum for 11 miles of main street.£3,720.
HOUSE TO HOUSE COMPANY, KENSINGTON600 acres.50,00010,000High tension alternating current transformer system, ion opened Jan., 9. Thoroughly satisfactory.(a) Leased.3133 sq. yards.26 miles of cable, 11 miles of cast iron pipes, junction and surface boxes.7,500 provided for burring at one time, 12,000 installed. No street lighting.Residences or flats 408320,000, being an increase of 26% over 1891.8d., less discounts varying from 20 to 25%.For 1891 about 5½d., with an output of about 260,000 units.About 79 p. c.Yes.None.
(b) £35,000shops 61
(c) £20,000Hotel 7
Public building 4
KENSINGTON AND KINGHTSBRIDGE COMPANYLimited area around Kensington Court. Cromwell Road, Queen's Gate and neighbourhood.............Low tension continuous current (three-wire) system with batteries.Expended on capital Account at end of 1891, £141,164.............15,000 burning at one time, about 24,000 now fixed.......385,0508d. less discount.5.17d.......Yes.None.
LONDON ELECTRICSUPPLY CORPORATIONLarge area in various parts of London.............High tension alternating transformer system.Expended on capital account at end of 1891. £753,428.3 acres Building 196 ft. by 210 ft. by 100 ft.......50,000 About 25,000 installed.500457,2937¼d.11.59d.............No Street Lighting.
METROPOLITON ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORPOR- ATIONExtensive district in west and west central London.............High tension alternating.Expended on capital account at end of 1891. £486,926.........................1,527,7417¼d.5.34d.............No Street Lighting
St. JAMES' & PALL MALL COMPANYParish of St. James, Westminster.............Low tension continuous current (three-wire).Expended on capital account at end of 1891. £139,468.88 ft. by 21 1t.......About 22,500 installed.............7d.............Yes.No Street Lighting
St. PANCRAS2,672234,43724,611Low tension (three-wire).(a) £10,000............10,000 in use simultaneously.............6d............Yes, demand steadily increasing.Brockie-Pell arc lamps of 1,000 nominal candle-power.86 86,000 candle-power nominal.Information not yet obtainable.
(b) £35,000
(c) £34,894 and £7,682 for public lighting.90 arc lamps of 10 amperes for public lighting.
WESTMINSTER ELEC-TRIC SUPPLY CORPOR-???ON(b) 1,600 acres.............Three-wire system with dynamos across outer mains with Crompton-Howell batteries.Three central stations......In whole district about 97 miles of copper in 32½ miles of roadway.75,000 49,410 installed as compired with 31,000 on 1st Jan. 1892.......At dynamo terminals about 1,500,000.7d.......55 p.c.Fair.None at present.
(a) £17,000
(b) £125,100
(c) £133,000
MANCHESTERThe Corporation are now engaged in laying Conductors in the streets but as yet have no machinery or pant at their central station.
NELSON (Lancashire.)(a) 3,18524,000......Installation not completed.About £4,000 at present. Electric works at the gas works.t......About 2 miles. Sen-ice wires 1 mile.600About 40......Not agreed upon yet.............Applications from about 40 intended users of the current.No. Street Lighting undertaken as yet.
NORTHAMPTON..................Crompton's low tension system wit Very satisfactory. No ca; e of breakdown since starting two years ago.(a) £810About 8,000 sq. ft. leaving room for double existing plan2 miles.2,000 Lamps on at once—about 2,000 at present are installed.6060,000 (estimated.)9d. less 10 per cent. discount for cash within one month.No. reliable data.No. reliable data.Yes, but gas very cheap, and opposition very strong on behalf of Gas Company.
t (b) £10,000
(c) £7,000
NORWICHCompany not yet commenced the supply. Mains not laid down nor Central Station completed. Low tension (three-wire) system adopted.
†OLDHAM(a) 4,729The Corporation have an electric lighting scheme in hand, but as the work of construction is only just commencing, the queries are not applicable.
† PAISLEYCorporation are at present advertising for tenders for transference of the powers under their Provisional Order.
PRESTON......120,00......Low tension three ,,were system. (110 volts). Adopted 1892. Satisfactory.......2,360 yards.10 miles20,000 provided for. 5,000 installed.150......7d. less 15 per cent.............Yes.500 candle-power arc lamps.600 yards . 60 yards apart.13£156 per annum.
SOUTHAMPTONLicense gives un-dertakers powers within a radius of five miles. About one mile in length of street supplied.......310 on Mains.Continuous current, three-wire system with storage.. Quite satisfactory.This cannot be given at the moment. Accounts made up to 30th Dec. in each year.1,200 square feet including yard.One Mile.1.4006040,00010d. With a rebate ac- cording to amount consumed per lamp fixed.Works cost 3½. per unit. (See No. 6.)See fifth columm.Yes.No Street Lighting at present
1,200
†SOUTHPOET(a) 752642,666......Tenders are being in- vited for a system of lighting.......2 acres, 1 rood, 18 perche......2,500 to be provided.
TUNBRIDGE WELLSThe Corporation have engaged Mr. W.H. Preece, of the General Post Office, to report to them upon the whole question of the Lighting of the Borough by Electricity and the best means of carrying out the Provisional. Order. Land has recently been acquired on which an Electric Station many be erected, and Mr. Preece is preparing Plans, Estimates, and Specifications. Pending the receipt of Mr. Preece's report nothing further is being done.
WHITEHAVEN(a) 66517,812......The Urban Authorities have obtained sanction from the Local Government Board to borrow £14,000 for the purposes of Electric Lighting, and are asking for tenders for the necessary plant.
WOLVERHAMPTONNo steps have been taken to carry out an installation beyond advertising for tenders.