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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 1883
[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. | Donsump. tion per hour charg.d, cu. ft. | Consumption per Lamp per Quarter, cu. ft. | Number of Lamps. | Total Consumption per Quarter. | Rate per 1000.ft. | £ | s. | d. | Saving. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f | s. | d. | |||||||||||
| A Old System June, 1883 | Sunset t0. Sunrise. | 788.8 | 5. | 3994 00 | 1425.50 | 5,693,447 | 3/2 = | 901 | 9 | 2 | |||
| B. .New System June, 1883 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 637.55 | 4 61 | 2940.68 | 1425.50 | 4,191,939 | ” | 663 | 14 | 4 | |||
| 237 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||||
| C.. Old System, 1883 j | Sunset to Sunrise. | 882.25 | 5. | 4411.25 | 1429.26 | 6,304,823 | 2/10 | 893 | 3 | 7 | |||
| D. .New System Sept.,1889 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 708.65 | 4.67 | 3264.69 | 1 429.26 | 4.666.090 | ” | 661 | 0 | 6 | |||
| = 232 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| E.. Old System Dec., 1883 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1371.61 | 5. | 6858 05 | 1434 00 | 9,834,443 | ” | 1393 | 4 | 3 | |||
| F. .New System Dec., 1883 | Actual Number of 1 Burning 1 Hours. | 1263.51 | 4.54 | 5760.70 | 1434.00 | 8.260.844 | ” | 1170 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 222 | 18 | 7 | |||||||||||
| G.. Old System Mar., 1884 H. .New System Mar., 1884 | Sunset to Sunrise. Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1257.34 1176.36 | 5. 4.55 | 6286.70 5358.81 | 1438.74 1438.74 | 9,044,926 7,709,934 | 2/8 ,, | 1205 1027 | 18 9 | 9 9 | |||
| 178 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total Saving in the cost of Gas for the year | £871 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||