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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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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, &c. | Total Expenses. | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | Y. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Clapbam ........ | 28 | 6 | 199 | *1021 | 16 | 0 | .. | 949 | 6 | 10 | 1971 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Putney.......... | 22 | 4 | 40 | +337 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 721 | 15 | 8 | 1070 | 18 | 2 |
| Streatham........ | ‡38 | 0 | 0 | 1077 | 7 | 6 | .. | 1096 | 7 | 10 | 2173 | 15 | 4 | ||
| Tooting.......... | 4 | 7 | 62 | 103 | 7 | 0 | .. | 112 | 3 | 9 | 215 | 10 | 9 | ||
| Wandsworth .... | 34 | 3 | 33 | 899 | 12 | 0 | .. | 724 | 8 | 3 | 1624 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Total ........ | 128 | 5 | 114 | 3,439 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3,604 | 2 | 4 | 7,055 | 7 | 4 |
* Including the sum of £59 1s. Od. for the work of horses belonging to the Board.
† Including the sum of £143 19s. 6d. for the work of horses belonging to the Board.
† Including private roads on Drew's Estate, ½ mile in length, which are watered
under agreement for the sum of £30 per annum.
In the Parish of Clapham all the water was obtained
by meter; 5,096,000 gallons at 1s. per 1,000 gallons
(subject to a discount of 10 per cent.) from the
Lambeth Water Works Company and 6,969,000
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 £598 3s. 8d., being equal to £20 14s. 5d. per mile
of road watered. The total cost of road watering
amounted to £68 5s. 9d. per mile.
In the Parish of Putney, the cost of road watering
was £47 10s. l1d. per mile, of which sum £17 12s. 7d.
was paid to the water companies for the supply of
water and hire of meters. The quantity of water used
was about 9,994,000 gallons.