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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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ROAD WATERING.
The details of road watering during the past year are set forth in the following tabular statement:—
| PARISH. | Length of Road Watered. | Expenditure. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Hire. | New Carts, Vans, and Standposts. | Water, Labour, and Repairs to Carts, 4tc. | Total Expenses. | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | Y. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Clapham | 28 | 0 | 84 | *953 | 1 | 8 | 854 | 8 | 9 | 1817 | 10 | ||||
| Pumey | 22 | 0 | 196 | †384 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 682 | 7 | 7 | 1073 | 2 | 10 |
| Streatham | 35 | 6 | 136 | 947 | 10 | 9 | 319 | 10 | 0 | 1077 | 1 | 7 | 2344 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | 62 | 106 | 12 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 126 | 3 | 4 | 278 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 3 | 123 | 750 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1514 | 11 | 9 | |||
| Total | 124 | 2 | 160 | 3,152 | 11 | 9 | 385 | 2 | 0 | 3,489 | 19 | 7,027 | 12 | 9 | |
* Including the sum of £35 1s. 8d. for the work of horses belonging to the Board,
† Including the sum of £121 16s. 3d. for the work of horses belonging to the Board.
In the Parish of Clapham all the water was obtained
by meter; 5,373,000 gallons at 1s. per 1,000 gallons
(subject to a discount of 10 per cent.) from the
Lambeth Water Works Company and 6,233,000
gallons at 8½d. per 1,000 gallons from the Southwark
and Yauxhall Water Company, the cost of which,
including the hire of meters and standposts, amounted
to £584 1s. 9d, being equal to £20 16s. 6d. per mile
of road watered. The total cost of road watering
amounted to £64 16s. Od. per mile.
In the Parish of Putney, the cost of road watering
was £48 10s. 4d. per mile, of which sum £16 13s. 8d.
was paid to the water companies for the supply of
water and hire of meters. The quantity of water used
was 9,891,000 gallons.