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 Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE VI.—
Quarter ending | Number of Hours charged for. | Con-umption per Hour. | Consumption per Lamp per Quarter. | Number of Lamps. | Total consumption per Quarter. | Rate per 1000-ft. | £ | s. | d. | Saving. | |||
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£ | s. | d. | |||||||||||
A Old System June, 1879 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 788.8 × | 5.0 = | 3944.00 × | 1368.59 = | 5,397,718.96 × | 3/6 = | 944 | 12 | 0 | |||
B. New System June, 1879 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 637.55 × | 4.62 = | 2948.88 × | 1368.59 = | *4,052,366.13 × | „ = | 709 | 3 | 2 | 235 | 8 | 10 |
C. Old System Sept., 1879 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 882.25 × | 5.0 = | 4411.25 × | 1390.71 = | 6,134,769.48 × | „ = | 1073 | 11 | 8 | |||
D. New System Sept., 1879 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 708.65 × | 4.78 = | 3387.50 × | 1390.71= | *4,728,447.36 × | „ = | 827 | 9 | 6 | 246 | 2 | 2 |
E. Old System Dec. 1879 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1371.61 × | 5.0 = | 6858.05 × | 1395.93 = | 9,573.357*73 × | „ = | 1675 | 6 | 9 | |||
F. New System Dec. 1879 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1263.38 × | 4.55 = | 5750.88 × | 1395.93 = | *8,063,872.47 × | „ = | 1411 | 3 | 4 | 264 | 3 | 5 |
G. Old System Mar., 1880 | Sunset to Sunrise, | 1257.34 × | 5.0 = | 6286.70 × | 140114 = | 8,808,546.83 × | 3/4 = | 1468 | 1 | 10 | |||
H. New System Mar., 1880 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1176.53 × | 4.61 = | 5425.22 × | 140114= | *7,644,144.68 × | „ = | 1274 | 0 | 5 | 194 | 1 | 5 |
Total Saving in the Cost of Gas for the Year * This includes Eight Lamps burning 8.ft. per hour each, and four 6.9 per hour each. | £939 | 15 | 10 |