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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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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, the. | Total Expenses. | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | Y. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | a. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| *Battersea | 0 | 1 | 110 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Clapham | 27 | 5 | 181 | †009 | 6 | 6 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 895 | 6 | 0 | 1977 | 2 | 6 |
| Purey | 21 | 6 | 196 | ‡442 | 5 | 1 | 96 | 10 | 0 | 596 | 5 | 3 | 1135 | 0 | 4 |
| Streatham | 34 | 2 | 83 | 975 | 9 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 6 | 1017 | 14 | 8 | 2079 | 4 | 11 |
| Tooting | 4 | fi | 2 IS | 91 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 225 | 11 | 6 |
| Wandsworth | 32 | 4 | 101 | 694 | 2 | 6 | 98 | 19 | 4 | 694 | 15 | 0 | 1487 | 16 | 10 |
| Total | 121 | 3 | 9 | 3,212 | 10 | 4 | 359 | 19 | 10 | 3,332 | 5 | 11 | 6,916 | 16 | 1 |
* This watering was carried out by the Parish of Clapham as a matter of convenience
and the cost paid to the Board by the Vestry of Battersea; the arrangement
existing for several years has now terminated an! for the future the watering
in question will be performed by the Battersea Vestry.
† Including the sum of £46 19s. 3d. for the work of horses belonging to the Board.
‡ Including the sum of £95 17s. 1d. for the work of horses belonging to the Board.
In the Parish of Clapham all the water was obtained
by meter; 5,091,000 gallons at 1s. per 1,000 gallons
(subject to a discount of 10 per cent.) from the
Lambeth Water Works Company and 6,759,000
gallons at 8½d. per 1,000 gallons from the Southwark
and Vauxhall Water Company, the cost of which,
including the hire of meters and standposts, amounted
to £588 3s. 1d, being equal to £21 4s. 2½d. per mile
of road watered. The total cost of road watering
amounted to £71 6s. 0d. per mile.
In the Parish of Putney, the cost of road watering
was £51 18s. 5d. per mile, of which sum £16 12s. 11d.
was paid to the water companies for the supply of
water and hire of meters. The quantity of water used
was 8,370,000 gallons.