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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

Wandsworth 1896

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896

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Table: PRIVATE DRAINS.The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost of which has been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed : —

PRIVATE DRAINS.

The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost of which has been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed : —

PARISHES.No. of Drains.No. of Houses, &c., drained thereby.Lengths and sizes—feet lineal.Total lengths, — feet lineal.
18-in.15-in.12-in.9-in.6-in.4-in.
Clapham176305......3636543083998
Putney90114......201715..1735
Streatham249564142782222385032305814
Tooting3190..108034748..872
Wandsworth172278......1983542443784
Totals7181,3511428830252614,69138216,203

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In the Parish of Clapham, this work has been executed
by the Board without the aid of a contractor.
In the Parish of Putney, in addition to the above,
925 feet of 6-in. pipe drain3 have been laid by the contractors
building in new roads.
In the Parish of Streatham, in addition to the above,
58 drains, comprising 1,072 feet of 6-inch and 164 feet of
9-inch pipe have been laid under new roads at the time
of and in conjunction with the construction of new
sewers; these are intended to drain 128 houses when
built. Thus an aggregate of about 1⅓ miles of drains has
been laid under public roads and paths in this parish for
various purposes during the year. About 2,655 feet of
9-inch drain, comprised in a system of combined drainage,
have been constructed on the Leigham Court estate under
the supervision of the Board's officers.
In the Parish of Tooting, 14 drains, comprising
about 160 feet of 6-inch and 120 feet of 9-inch pipes,
have been laid under new roads at the time of and in
conjunction with the construction of new sewers; these