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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: HIGHWAYS.The following are the particulars of the quantities of the materials used in the repairs of the roads and footpaths within the District during the past year, viz :—

HIGHWAYS.

The following are the particulars of the quantities of the materials used in the repairs of the roads and footpaths within the District during the past year, viz :—

MATERIALS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total cube yards.
Guernsey Granite203695168917625935356
Guernsey Granite Sittings377..39939..815
Cornish Stone652198½77..70997½
Cornish Stone Chippings288½......288½
Kentish Pit Flints29632335277781½14957851½
Stone Gravel114..36431372484142
Sen Shell90........90
Alderney Granite..345½......345½
Fine Gravel..489109..120732
Hard Core..16883½..98349½
Ballast..58....382440
Enderby Granite....56....56
Enderby Granite Sittings....80¾....80¾
Fine Material for Binding....14..200214
Shingle........2323
Ashes........8585
Totals43994577½6428¼1147½531421866¼

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The following materials have also been used, viz.:—
In the parish of Clapham 300 yards of sand on
the roads during frosty weather.
In the parish of Putney 817 yards of ballast have
been used in sanding roads during frosty weather, after
being screened, the residue being used on the surface of
the wharf; 382 yards have also been used in making
concrete for new wharf buildings, and 219 yards of hard
core have been used in making up the surface of the
wharf.
In the parish of Streatham about 156 yards of fine
gravel and sand were used on slippery roads; 383 yards
of stone gravel, 159 yards of fine gravel, and 1401 yards