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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 1884

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

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Table: TABLE IV.Details of the Burning Hours per lamp, and savings in respect of Twilight for the year.

TABLE IV.

Details of the Burning Hours per lamp, and savings in respect of Twilight for the year.

Quarter ending.Number of Burning Hours per Quarter.Average Number of Burning Hours per Night.Savings in respect of Twilight.
Horn's.Minutes.Hours.Minutes.Hours.Minutes.
1884.—June647217614127
„ September7095174217224
,, December1,2618134211029
1885.—March1,164151256935
The Year3,78235102151725