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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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4½-incb by 4½-inch blue Staffordshire bricks; 7 super.
yards 4-inch by 4-inch granite cubes; 179 cubic yards
concrete; 1,368 cubic yards hard core; 608 cubic yards
rough gravel; 779 cubic yards flints; and 155 cubic yards
hoggin.
The cost of the various paving works carried out during the past year is as follows, viz.:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gay Street, east side, relaying and renewing paving, and relaying kerb and channel | 51 | 11 | 8 |
| Putney Bridge Road, south side, opposite Almshouses, laying paving, kerb and channel | 105 | 3 | 1 |
| Putney Hill, west side from Holmwood to Putney Heath, laying 2-inch Yictoria paving, 12-inch by 8-inch kerb and channel | 350 | 13 | 11 |
| Embankment, repairing and laying tar paving | 159 | 9 | 5 |
| Upper Richmond Road, near Quill Bridge, laying Silex paving, kerb and channel | 76 | 5 | 10 |
| Upper Richmond Road, relaying kerb | 11 | 13 | 3 |
| Lower Putney Common, near All Saints' Church, laying Victoria paving, new kerb and channel | 156 | 5 | 6 |
| High Street, repairing wood paving | 65 | 10 | 4 |
| Charlwood Road, outside Quill tavern, laying Yictoria paving, kerb and crossing | 24 | 8 | 11 |
| Private works, gas and water trenches, and various small works and repairs | 792 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | 8 |
The quantity of material used in the above works,
comprised:—1,320 yards super. patent Victoria stone;
180 yards super. 2½-inch Silex York paving; 387
super. yards old York paving; 7,380 Scoriae blocks; 5,500
wood blocks; 1,662 feet run new 12-inch by 8-inch kerb;
461 feet run old kerb; 35 yards hard core; 215 yards
Thames ballast; 3,800 blue Staffordshire bricks; 110 yards
sand; 301 yards super. tar paving; 71/5 tons cement; and
24 tons lias lime.