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Shoreditch 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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TABLE V.

Shelving the comparative cost of Gas and the saving under the new system.

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 cu. ft.£s.d.Saving
£s.d.
A Old System, March 1892Sunset toSunrise.1257.34X 5.= 6286.70X 1411.45 =8,873,362X 2/2 =96157
B New System, March 1892Actual Number of Burning Hours.1188.08x 1.61=, 5454.82X 1411.45 =7,699,205X ,, =83417= 12740
C Old System, June 1892Sunset to Sunrise.788.80X 5.= 3944.00X 1423.57 =5,614,560X ,, =608410
D New System, June 1892Actual Number of Burning Hours.639.91X 4.75= 3044.81X 1423.57 =4,384,500X „ =469115= 138185
E O1d System, Sept. 1892Sunset toSunrise.882.25X 5.= 4411.25X 1422.76 =6,276,150X „ =679184
F New System, Sept. 1892Actual Number of Burning Hours.709.81X 4.76= 3377.68X 1422.76 =4,805,627X „ =520121= 15963
G Old System, Dec. 1892Sunset t0.Sunrise.1871.61X 5.= 6858.05X 1420.39 =9,741,105X ,, =105558
H New System, Dec. 1892Actual Number of Burning Hours.1282.67X 4.52= 5801.39X 1420.39 =8,240,236X „ =892139= 1621111
Total saving in the cost of Gas for the year£587157