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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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of hard core have been used in improvements; 10 yards
of stone gravel, 8 yards of fine gravel, and 10 yards of
hard core have been used in repairing trenches.
In the parish of Tooting 52 yards of sand have been
used in sanding roads during frosty weather.
In the parish of Wandsworth, 124 yards of ashes and
siftings, 330 yards of sand and shingle, and gravel, &c.,
in stock, of the value of £27 11s., have been used for
sprinkling roads and paths during frosty weather.
The total length of road repaired by the Board is now 118¼ miles, showing an increase of about 4¼ miles during the year. The following are the lengths in each parish:—
| PARISH | M. | F. | Y. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 146 | ||
| Putney | 21 | 56 | |
| Streatham | 4 | 63 | |
| Tooting | 7 | ||
| Wandsworth | 6 | ||
| Total | 118 | 124 |
The above table does not include the following lengths
of public ways which are used as footpaths only, viz.:—
Clapham, 2 miles 7 furlongs; Putney, 1 mile 6 furlongs
70 yards; Streatham, 4 miles 3 furlongs 110 yards;
Tooting, 345 yards; Wandsworth, 1 mile 5 furlongs;
—total, 10 miles 7 furlongs 85 yards.
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