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Wandsworth 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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In addition to the above, 18 drains, comprising 100 feet of 6-inch
pipe and 130 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 157 houses when built (the provision
in many cases being for a future system of rear drainage by combined
operation). Thus an aggregate of 7,784 feet of drains have been laid
under roads and paths in the Borough for various purposes during the
year.
HIGHWAYS.
The following materials were used in the paving and repair ot the roads and footpaths in the Borough:—
| Guernsey Granite | 17,454 cubic yards |
| „ „ Chippings | 988 , |
| ,, „ Siftings and Dust | 125 „ |
| Enderby Granite | 2,273 ,, |
| ,, ,, Chippings | 200 „ |
| Kentish Pit Flints | 7,680 „ |
| Old Macadam | 3,451 ,, |
| Hardcore | 431 » |
| Fine Gravel | 871 ,, |
| Stone Gravel | 4,602 „ |
| Hoggin | 1,661 ,, |
| Crushed Ballast | 2,201 „ |
| Shell | 1,070 „ |
| Thames Ballast | 9,424 ,, |
| Old binding material | 504 „ |
| Sand | 874 „ |
| Pea Gravel | 406 „ |
| Asphalte | 1,822 super. yards |
| York Paving | 39o ,, |
| Artificial Stone paving | 16,612 „ |
| Tarpaving | 5,265 ,, |
| „ Topping | 1,094 cubic yards |
| 2,612 super. yards | |
| ,, Bottoming | 470 cubic yards |
| 626 super. yards | |
| „ Old broken up and re-laid | 262 „ |