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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Wages | 17,752 | ||||
| Horse hire | 7 | ||||
| Council's horses | 3 | 3 | |||
| New slop vans, &c. | 195 | ||||
| Repairs to vans, carts & scoops, brooms and water | 997 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Shoots (Eastern District) | 1,349 | ||||
| „ (Western District), labour | |||||
| and repairs | 78 | 4 | |||
| Instalment and interest | |||||
| on loan for South- | |||||
| fields slop shoot £273 | 4 | ||||
| for grazing £15 0 0 | |||||
| Allotments (72 | |||||
| plots) 42 11 9 | |||||
| 57 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 7 | |||||
| £ | 14 | 3 | |||
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Slop Shoot. A piece of ground about 4 acres situate in Garratt
Lane has been purchased for the purpose of a slop
shoot for the eastern portion of the District at a cost of £2,500.
Paving Works, Improvements, &c.
Alton Road. The east corner of this road at its junction with
Roehampton Lane has been improved by acquiring
about 30 superficial yards of land and setting back the fence. The
total cost of the improvement amounted to £124 : 18 : 11.
The portion of the footpath between Station Road
Balham High Road to No. 145 has been paved with artificial stone paving
in lieu of the old tarpaving (the houses having been
converted into shop property) at a cost of £82 :0 :9,