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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 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE V.
| Quarter ending | Number of Hours charged for. | Consumption per Hour charged, | Consumption per Lamp per Quarter. | Number of Lamps. | Total Consumption per Quarter. | Bate per 1000-ft. | £ | s. | d. | Saving. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||||||||
| A Old System June, 1881 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 788.8 | X | 5.0 = | 3994. | X | 1405. | = | 5,541,320. | X | 3/2 | 877 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| B. New System June, 1881 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 637.55 | X | 4.66 = | 2972.53 | X | 1405. | *4,209,773.22 | X | = | 666 | 10 | 10 | = 210 | 16 | 8 | ||
| C Old System Sept., 1881 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 882.25 | X | 5. = | 4411.25 | X | 1406.58 | 6,204,798. | X | = | 982 | 8 | 6 | |||||
| D New System Sept., 1881 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 708.65 | X | 4.73 = | 3357.78 | X | 1406.58 | *4,761,490.48 | X | = | 753 | 17 | 10 | |||||
| = 228 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| E Old System Dec., 1881 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1371.61 | X | 5. = | 6858.05 | X | 1408. | = | 9,656,979. | X | 1529 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| F New System Dec., 1881 | r Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1263.38 | X | 4.64 = | 5873.13 | X | 1408. | *8,340,018.54 | X | = | 1320 | 9 | 11 | = 208 | 10 | 6 | ||
| G Old System Mar., 1882 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1257.34 | X | 5. = | 6286.70 | X | 1418.33 | = | 8,816,640. | X | 1395 | 19 | 4 | |||||
| H New System Mar., 1882 | Actual Number of BurningHours. | 1171.52 | X | 4.54 = | 5319.03 | X | 1418.33 | *7,657,428.31 | X | = | 1212 | 8 | 3 | = 183 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total Saving in the cost of Gas | £831 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
* This includes 14 lamps at Refuges and Obelisks fitted with burners to consume 8 feet per hour each, and 4 at 6.9 per hour each.