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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 1898
[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, &c. | Total Expenses. | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | Y. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | 8. | d. | £ | 8. | d. | |
| Clapham | 29 | 1 | 19 | *1045 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 942 | 13 | 11 | 2005 | 11 | 7 |
| Putney | 24 | ?, | 110 | †379 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 720 | 1 | 9 | 1126 | 18 | 10 |
| Streatham | +41 | 4 | 0 | 1210 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1162 | 2 | 11 | 2400 | 10 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 6 | .. | 129 | 3 | 3 | 264 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Wandsworth . | 35 | 0 | 26 | 805 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 833 | 7 | 10 | 1683 | 17 | 0 |
| Total | 135 | 4 | 155 | 3,574 | 19 | 2 | 118 | 13 | 4 | 3,787 | 9 | 1 | 7,481 | 1 | 7 |
*Including the sum of £58 12s 8d. for the work of horses belonging to the Hoard,
† Including the sum of £136 14s. 4d. 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; 4,977,000 gallons at 1s. per 1,000 gallons
(subject to a discount of 10 per cent.) from the
Lambeth Water Works Company and 6,354,000
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 £573 2s. 0d., being equal to £19 13s. 4¾d. per mile
of road watered. The total cost of road watering
amounted to £68 16s. 8½d. per mile.
In the Parish of Putney, the cost of road watering
was £46 18s. 11d. per mile, of which sum £16 1s. 9d.
was paid to the water companies for the supply of
water and hire of meters. The quantity of water used
was about 7,750,000 gallons.