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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 1886
[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. | Saving. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | 8. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||
| A Old SystemJune, 1886 | sunrise to Sunsset. Actual Number of Burn-ing hours unset to Sunrise, Actual umber of Burning hours Sunset to Sunrise. Actual Numler of Burning hours Sunset to Sunrise. Actual Number of Burning hours ,. | 788.8 | X .5 = | 3944.00 X | 1433.35 = | 5653,132x | 2/6 | 706 | 12 | 9 | |||
| B.New SystemJune, 1886 | 641.8 | X 4.14= | 2911.36 x | 1433-35 - | : 4172,997 x | „ | 521 | 12 | 5 | ||||
| „ | = 185 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| C. Oldstem Sept., 1886 | 882.25 | X 5.= | 4411.25 X | 1434-62 - | : 6328,467 x | „ | 791 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| D. New System Sept., 188 | 705.96 | X 4.63= | 3274.64 X | 1434-62 - | 4697,864 x | „„ | 587 | 4 | |||||
| „ | — 203 | 16 | 7 | ||||||||||
| E . ld System Dec., 1886 | 1371.61 | X 5. = | 6858.05 X | 1433-08 - | 9828,134 x | „ | 1228 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| F. New System j Dec., 1886 j | 1263.27 | X 4.43 = | 5599.10 X | 1433-08 - | 8023,958 x | „ | 1002 | 19 | 10 | ||||
| „ | — 225 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||
| G. Old System Mar., 1887 | 1257.34 | X 5.= | 6286.70 X | 1431-34 - | 8998,405x | „ | 1124 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| H. New System Mar., 1887 | 1171.61 | X 4-43 = | 5190.68 X | 1431-34 - | 7429,627x | „ | 928 | 14 | 0 | 196 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total Savings in the cost of Gas for the Year | £810 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||||