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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE V.
| Number of hours charged for. | Consump tion 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 | d. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | S. | ||||||||||||||||
| A | Old System, June 1889 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 788.8 | x 5. | = 3944.00 | x | 1391.43 | = | 5,487,799 | X | 2/2 = | 594 | 10 | 3 | |||
| B | New System. June 1889 | Auctual Number of Burning Hours. | 647.85 | x 4.73 | = 3067.53 | X | 1391.43 | = | 4,268,253 | X | 462 | 7 | 9 | = 132 | 2 | 6 | |
| C | Old System, Sept. 18S9 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 882.25 | x 5. | = 4411.25 | X | 1389.69 | = | 6,130,270 | X | 664 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| D | New System Sept. 1889 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 730.88 | x 4.76 | = 3485.92 | X | 1389.69 | = | 4,844,348 | X | 524 | 16 | 1 | = 139 | 6 | 2 | |
| E | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1371.61 | x 5. | = 6858.05 | X | 1392.61 | = | 9,550,589 | X | 1034 | 12 | 11 | |||||
| F | New System Dec. 1889 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1272.84 | x 4.57 | = 5818.40 | X | 1392.61 | = | 8,102,762 | X | 877 | 16 | 0 | = 156 | 16 | 11 | |
| G | Old System, March 1890 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1257.34 | x 5. | = 6286.70 | X | 1394.33 | = | 8,765,734 | X | 949 | 12 | 5 | ||||
| H | New System March 1890 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1169.11 | x 4.49 | = 5254.62 | X | 1394.33 | = | 7,326,674 | X | 793 | 14 | 5 | = 155 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total saving in the cost of Gas for the year | £584 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||