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Wandsworth 1898

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

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PRIVATE DRAINS.

Table: The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost having been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed:—

The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost having been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed:—

PARISHES.No. of Drains.No. of Houses, &c., drained thereby.Lengths and sizes—feet lineal.Total lengths, — feet lineal.
18-in.15-in.12-in.9-in.6-in.4-in 40
Clapham .110152........2270402310
Putney8288....60201782..1862
Streatham2025986682564043895204649
Tooling54326218128238718261130
Wandsworth130216......6132487..3100
Totals5781,380886444127511,1528613,051

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In the Parish of Clapham, this work has been executed
by the Board without the aid of a contractor.
In the Parish of Streatham, in addition to the above,
111 drains, comprising 310 feet of 9-inch and 2,044 feet
of 6-inch pipe, have been laid under new roads at the time
of and in conjunction with the construction of new
sewers; these are intended to drain 361 houses when
built (the provision in many cases being for a future system
of rear drainage by combined operation). Thus an aggregate
of about miles of drains has been laid under
roads and paths in this parish for various purposes during
the year. Owing to the London County Council requiring
a dual system of drainage in the low level area
of the Furzedown Park estate, Mitcham Lane, surface
water sewers have been constructed in the various roads
with an outlet into the Graveney brook or branch of
the river Wandle. An arrangement was effected allowing
a system of combined rear drainage in each road on this
estate; this work has been entirely carried out, and 8,533
feet of 9-inch pipe and 580 feet of 6 inch pipe laid for that
purpose in addition to the totals given above,