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Wandsworth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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PRIVATE DRAINS.

Table: The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Council 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 Council 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-IN6-in.4-in
Clapham87176........2,021442,065
Putnev4692......168882..1,050
Streatham1255148421504761962622,700
TooTing2511822688632622506
Wandsworth91273......2981624..1,922
Totals3741,17310442181,0286,8151288,243

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In the Parishes of Clapham, Streatham, Tooting
and Wandsworth, this work has been executed by the
Council without the aid of a contractor.
In the Parish of Streatham, in addition to the above,
105 drains, comprising 1,310 feet of 6-inch and 1,076 feet
of 9-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 about 443 houses when
built (the provision in many cases being for a future system
of rear drainage by combined operation). Thus an aggregate
of about half-a-mile of drains has been laid under
roads and paths in this parish for various purposes during
the year.
In the Parish of Tooting, 21 drains, comprising
about 204 feet of 9-inch and 104 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