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Wandsworth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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path within the Borough of Battersea to be tarpaved, the Borough
Council agreed to tarpave and maintain in future at its own
expense the part of the path within this Borough. The paving
works in question have now been executed.
Unemployment.
83. During the past year the following works, upon which
unemployed workmen were engaged, were carried
out in conjunction with the Central (Unemployed)
Body for London, viz.:—
| WORK. | COST. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unskilled labour. | Materials, skilled labour and supervision. | Total. | ||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s | d. | |||||
| Widening of looting Bec Road between The Avenue and Elmbourne Road | †541 | 1 | 11½ | 1,537 | 3 | 4 | 2,078 | 5 | 3½ | |
| Widening and embanking a further portion of the river Wandle at Garratt Park shoot | 322 | 0 | 8 | 66 | 18 | 10 | 388 | 19 | 6 | |
| Laying out part of old Garratt Lane (Tooting Grove) slop shoot as a recreation ground | 409 | 16 | 8½ | 189 | 10 | 2 | 599 | 6 | 10½ | |
6† Includes an amount of £10 for extra work of shifting fence and extra kerbing and gullies.
The expense of the materials, skilled labour, and supervision
was borne by the Borough Council. The Borough Council also,
at the request of the Local Government Board, made a contribution
of £100 towards the cost of the unskilled labour in
connection with the work carried out at the old Garratt Lane slop
shoot. The unskilled labour employed upon the three schemes
was provided by the Central Body and, with the exception of the
£100 mentioned above, the cost thereof borne by that Body. The
London County Council surrendered the strips of Tooting
Common required for the Tooting Bec Road improvement.
84. In connection with the work at the old Garratt Lane
(Tooting Grove) slop shoot, the Borough Council arranged for the
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