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Wandsworth 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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PAVING WORKS, IMPROVEMENTS, &c.
PARISH OF CLAPHAM.
Wandsworth Road
Widening.
The Board are acquiring the forecourts
of houses in Wandsworth Road for the
purpose of widening the road between the L.C. & D.
Railway station and Rozel Road. The South London
Tramways Company have agreed to re-lay their line in
the portion of the road in question with two lines of
rails in the centre of the road as widened on condition
that the London County Council, if desirous of taking
over the tramway at the expiration of the term for which
the working of the tramway had been granted, will allow
compensation for the additional line at the same rate as
may be allowed for the original line. The Council, at
the request of the Board, have agreed to this condition
and the widening of the road and the relaying of the
tramway is being carried out. The London County
Council have agreed to contribute towards the cost of
the widening.
Paving New
Streets.
The portion of Hambalt Road between
Narbonne Avenue and Abbeville Road,
Mandalay Road, Nelson's Grove, Perseverence Grove,
Nightingale Square, the portion of Station Road between
the entrance to the railway station yard and Vernon
Road, the portion of Narbonne Avenue between Klea
Avenue and Deauville Road, the portion of Lysias Road
between the angle in the road and Bellamy Street, and
the portion of Tremadoc Road between the angle in the
road by the Board School and Bedford Road, have been