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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 V.
| Quarter ending. | Number of hours charged for. | Consumption per hour charged. cu. ft. | Consumption per Lamp per quarter. cu. ft. | Number of Lamps. | Total Consumption per Quarter. | Rate per 1000-ft. | £ | s. | d. | Saving. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||||||||||
| A Old System June, 1884 | Sunset to Sunrise. Actual | 788.8 | X 5. = | 3994.00 X | 1449.23 | = 5,788,224 | X 2/8 = | 771 | 15 * | 3 | |||
| B New System June, 1884 | Number of Burning Hours. | 647.35 | X 4.68 = | 3034.62 X | 1449.23 | = 4,397,862 | X = | 586 | 5 | = 185 | 7 | 10 | |
| C Old System Sept., 1884 | Sunset to Sunrise. Actual | 882.25 | X 5. — | 4411.25 X | 1449.95 | = 6,396,091 | X )) ~ | 852 | 16 | 2 | |||
| D New System Sept , 1884 | Number of Burning Hours. | 709.84 | X 4.72 = | 3353.65 X | 1449.95 | = 4,862,662 | X „ = | 648 | 6 | 11 | = 204 | 9 | o O |
| E Old System Dec, 1884 | Sunset to Sunrise. Actual | 1371.61 | X 5. = | 6858.05 X | 1453.47 | = 9,967,969 | x „ = | 1329 | 1 | 1 | |||
| F New System Dec., 1884 | Number of Burning Hours. | 1261.13 | X 4.55 = | 5739.69 X | 1453.47 | = 8,342,467 | X „ = | 1112 | 6 | 7 | — 216 | 14 | 6 |
| G O1d System Mar., 1885 | Sunset to Sunrise. Actual | 1257.34 | X 5. = | 6286.70 X | 1456.51 | = 9,156,641 | X 2/6 = | 1144 | 11 | 7 | |||
| H New System Mar., 1885 | Number of Burning Hours. | 1164.25 | X 4.46 = | 5229.39 X | 1456.51 | = 7,616,658 | X „ = | 952 | 1 | 7 | |||
| = 192 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total saving in the cost of Gas for the year | £799 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||