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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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paving for crossings. The materials used in repairing
roads under the provisions of section 3 of the Metropolis
Management Amendment Act, 1890 (53 and 54
Yic. cap. 66), were: 226 cubic yards hard core, 47 cubic
yards ballast, and 191½ cubic yards flints.
The following paving materials have been used in public roads during the year, viz.:—
| Granite sett channelling | 77-tons., 2-cwt. |
| Scoriae brick do. | 14 „ |
| Granite kerbing | 2,684 lineal feet. |
| Tar-paving | 3,1641/3 super. yards. |
| Coating existing tar-paving with tar and grit | 22,552½ |
| Topping | 5182/3 ,, |
| York paving | 968½ ,, |
The following are the principal improvements and
paving works carried out during the year, viz.;—
Allfarthing Lane. By agreement with the owner, a triangular
piece of ground, having a frontage of 26 feet to Barmouth
Road, was given up to the Board, and a desirable
improvement has been made at the junction of these two
roads at a cost of £58 7s. 3d This amount includes the
cost of channelling from Barmouth Road to 'Maisonette.'
Burntwood Lane. The ditches on the north side between Garratt
Farm and Burntwood Lodge, and on the south
side between Beecheroft Road and Trinity Road, have been
piped where required, filled up, and gullies constructed
where necessary, and the land gained thereby added to
the public footway. The total cost of the work, including
gravelling the paths, was £163 Is. 5d.
Bridgend Road. The kerbing on the east side, between York
Road and Wandsworth Bridge, has been taken up,
jointed, and relaid on concrete, and the footpath tarpaved,
at a cost of £50 17s. 6d.