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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 1893

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893

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Table: PRIVATE DRAINS.The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost of which has been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed:—

PRIVATE DRAINS.

The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost of which has 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-in.6-in.
Clapham81131....265617901872
Putney8387......5816191677
Streatham2503543317631261254386571
Tooting4156..303880752900
Wandsworth19419710....95240204982
Totals64982543206376 17581361916092

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In the Parish of Clapham, this work has been executed
since November last by the Board instead of by a
contractor.
In the parish of Streatham, in addition to the above,
140 drains (comprising 20 feet of 15 inch, 30 feet of
12 inch, 242 feet of 9 inch, 1070 feet of 6 inch, and
1170 feet of 4 inch pipes) have been laid under new
roads at the time of and in conjunction with the construction
of new sewers; these are intended to drain
302 houses when built. Thus an aggregate of nearly two
miles of drains has been laid under public roads and
paths in this parish for various purposes during the year.
About 2250 feet of 9 inch pipe drains, comprised in a
system of combined back drainage on the Streatham
Hill estate, have been laid by the Artizans' Dwellings
Company under the supervision of the Board's Officers.
In the parish of Wandsworth, in addition to the above,
4,720 feet of 6 inch pipe drains have been laid under
new roads at the time of and in conjunction with the