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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 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE V.
| Quarter ending | Sunset to Sunrise. Actual Number of Burning Hours. | Number of Hours charged for. | Consumption per Hour charged. | Consumption per Lamp per Quarter. | Number of Lamps. | Total Consumption per Quarter. | Rate per 1000-ft. | £ | s. | d. | Saving. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||||||||||
| A Old System June, 1882 | 788.8 | x 5 = | 3994.00 x | 1395.89 = | 5,575,184 | x 3/2 = | 882 | 14 | 9 | ||||
| B New System June, 1882 | 637.55 | x 4.67 = | 2979.49 x | 1395.89 = | 4,159,061 | x = | 658 | 10 | 3 | 224 | 4 | 6 | |
| C. Old System Sept., 1882 | Sunset to Sunrise. Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 882.25 | x 5. = | 4411.25 x | 1389.9 = | 6,131,196 | x „ = | 970 | 15 | 5 | |||
| 708.65 | x 4.71 = | 3349.85 x | 1389.9 = | 4,655,986 | x „= | 737 | 3 | 11 | 233 | 11 | 6 | ||
| D. New System Sept., 1882 | |||||||||||||
| E Old System T)or> 1 8R9 1 | Sunset to Sunrise. Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1371-61 | X 5- = | 6858 05 x | 1396-3 - | 9,575,895 | X „ = | 1516 | 3 | 8 | |||
| IOOa 1 F. .NewSystem I Dec., 1882 | 11266-2 | X 4-56 = | 5807-44 x | 1396-3 = | 8,108,944 | X 99 = | 1283 | 18 | 3 | 232 | 5 | 5 | |
| G Old System Mar., 1883 | Sunset to Sunrise. Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1257.34 | X 5. = | 6286.7 x | 1414.71 = | 8,893,857 | X „ = | 1408 | 3 | 10 | |||
| H. .New System Mar., 1883 | 1164.251 | X 4.56 = | 5271.98 x | 1414.71 = | 7,458,348 | X „ = | 1180 | 18 | 0 | 227 | 5 | 10 | |
| Total Saving in the cost of Gas | £917 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||