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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 1885
[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, 1885 | Sunsetto Sunrise. | 788.8 | X 5. | = 3994.00 | X 1453.19 | = 5731,381 | X 2/6 = | 716 | 8 | 5 | |||
| B New System June, 1885 | Actual Number of Burn ing Hours | 639.9 | X 4.66 | = 2982.18 | X 1453.19 | = 4333,674 | X ,, = | 541 | 14 | 2 | = 174 | 14 | 3 |
| C Old System Sept., 1885 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 882.25 | X 5. | = 4411.25 | X 1444.23 | = 6370,859 | X ,, = | 796 | 7 | 1 | |||
| D New System Sept., 1885 | Actual Number of Burn ing Hours | 705.87 | X 4.69 | = 8317.36 | X 1444.23 | = 4791,030 | X ,, = | 598 | 17 | 7 | = 197 | 9 | 6 |
| E old System Dec., 1885 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1371.61 | X 5. | = 6858.05 | X 1442.85 | = 9895,137 | x ,, = | 1236 | 17 | 10 | |||
| F New System Dec., 1885 | Actual Number of Burn ing Hours | 1265.46 | X 4.52 | = 5722.72 | X 1442.85 leakage | = 8257,026 4,100 | x „ = | 1032 | 12 | 9 | = 204 | 5 | 1 |
| G o1d System Mar., 1886 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1257.34 | X 5. | = 6286.70 | X 1435.26 | = 9023,049 | X ,, = | 1127 | 17 | 7 | |||
| H New System Mar., 1886 | Actual Number of Burning Hours | 1166.92 | X 4.47 | = 5219.55 | X 1435.26 | = 7491,411 | X „ = | 936 | 8 | 6 | = 191 | 9 | 1 |
| Total saving in the cost of Gas for the year | £767 | 17 | 11 | ||||||||||