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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 1891
[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. | N umber of Lamps. | Total Consumption per quarter. | Bate per 1000 cu. ft. | £ | S. | d. | Saving | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | S. | d. | |||||||||||
| A Old System, March 1891 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1257.34 | X 5. | = 6286.70 | X 1403.00 | = 8,820,240 | x 2/2 | = 955 | 10 | 6 | |||
| B New System, March 1891 | Actual Number of Burning i Hours. | 1184.31 | X 4.57 | = 5414.65 | X 1403.00 | = 7,596,753 | X „ | = 822 | 19 | 7 | = 132 | 10 | 11 |
| C Old System, June 1891 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 788.80 | X 5. | = 3944.00 | X 1402.89 | = 5,532,998 | X „ | = 599 | 8 | 2 | |||
| D New System, June 1891 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 650.25 | X 4.75 | = 3091.73 | X 1402.89 | = 4,340,118 | X „ | = 470 | 3 | 5 | = 129 | 4 | 9 |
| E 01d System, Sept. 1891 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 882.25 | X 5. | = 4411.25 | X 1407.03 | = 6,206,761 | X „ = | = 672 | 8 | 0 | |||
| F New System, Sept. 1891 | Actual Number of Burning V Hours. | 718.11 | X 4.86 | = 3495.61 | X 1407.03 | = 4,918,428 | X „ = | = 532 | 16 | 7 | = 139 | 11 | 5 |
| G Old System, Dec. 1891 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 1371.61 | x 5. | = 6858.05 | X 1409.74 | = 9,668,067 | x „ = | = 1047 | 7 | 6 | |||
| H New System, Dec. 1891 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1283.07 | X 4.62 | = 5934.61 | X 1409.74 | = 8,366,257 | x „ = | = 906 | 6 | 11 | = 141 0 7 | ||
| Total saving in the cost of Gas for the year | £542 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||