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The Destrg of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch
IN THE COUNTY OF LONDON.
INSPECTOR DOUGHTY'S REPORT.
Lighting- Department,
25th Mcircli, 1891.
Gentlemen,
I beg herewith to present the following report and tables showing the work
done by this department, and the operation of the Average Meter System during the
thirteenth year.
The price of gas supplied to the public lamps during the year was 2/2 per 1,000
cubic feet.
The cost of the work of the Vestry doing their own repairs, painting and glazing
lamps, columns and brackets for the year, amounts to £186 16s. 6d. This is
£17 13s. 10d. less than the amount that would have been paid had the work been done
by contract at the last contract prices. I may venture to say that the work has been
done with less delay and done better.
The total amount paid for gas, lamplighters' wages, lighting, extinguishing and
cleaning, materials and wages for repairs, painting, and maintenance of meters and
governors for the year, including 255 improved lamps of increased illuminating power,
fixed at refuges and positions where more light was required, is £5,583 5s. 8d., being
£49 Is. 8d. more than last year. This is due to 12 additional lamps being fixed, and
the increased time of burning during foggy weather.
The average cost per ordinary lamp for the year was £2 17s. 5fd. 12 new
ordinary lamps have been fixed and put in lighting during the year, 2 discontinued,
11 removed to more favourable positions, and 3 increased from 4-6 feet per hour to
8 feet per hour.
The total number of lamps in use is 1658: 1403 of which are 14-inch ordinary
lamps fitted with governors regulated to consume 4-6 feet per hour; 4 regulated to
consume 6'9 per hour; 127 regulated to consume 8 feet per hour; 23 regulated to consume
12 feet per hour; 64, 18-inch Victoria lamps regulated to consume 15 feet per