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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

Shoreditch 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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*This includes 13 Lamps at Refuges and Obelisks, fitted with burners to consume 8-ft. per hour each, and 4 at 6 9 per hour each.

Table: TABLE V.Shewingthe comparative cost of Gas, and the saving under the Old and NewSystem.

TABLE V.

Shewingthe comparative cost of Gas, and the saving under the Old and NewSystem.

Quarter endingNumber of Hours charged for.Consumption per Hour charged.Consumption per Lamp per Quarter.Number of Lamps.Total consumption per Quarter,Bate per 1000-ft.Saving.
£s.d.£s.d.
A Old System June, 1880Sunset toSunrise Actual788.8X 50= 3994.X 1402. =5,529,488X3/4 =921117
B. .NewSystem June, 1880Number of Burning Hours.637.55X 4.69= 2994.1X 1402. =*4,220,198X,, =70372
= 21845
C Old System Sept.,1880SunsettoSunrise.882.25X 5.0= 4411.25X 1401.75 =6,183,469X,, =1030116
D . NewSystem Sept., 1880Actual Number of Burning Hours.708.65X 4.8= 3407.47X 1401.75 =*4,809,443X,, =801114
= 22902
EOld System Dec., 1880Sunset toSunrise.1371.61X 5.0= 6858.05X 1400.15 =9,602,332X,, =160079
F. .NewSystem Dec., 1880Actual Number of BurningHours.1263.38X 4.58= 5788.05X 1400.15 =*8.151,652X,, ==1358120
= 241159
G Old System Mar.,1881Sunset toSunrise.1257.34X 5.0= 6286.7X 1402.05 =8,814,292X3/2 =13951111
HNewSystemMar.,'1881Actual Number of Burning Hours.1164.25X 4.57= 5209.03X 1402 05 =*7,361,123X,, =1165101
= 230110
Total Saying in the Cost of Gas for the Year£91922