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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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REMOVAL OF SNOW.
The cost of removing snow from the streets and
sanding roads in the several parishes in the district was
as follows, viz.: Clapham £262; Putney £177 1s. 2d.;
Streatham £287 8s. 1d.; Tooting £50 5s. 6d.;
Wandsworth £373 1s. 11d.—Total £1,119 16s 8d.
ROAD WATERING.
The details of road watering during the past year are set forth in the following tabular statement:—
| PARISH. | Length of Road Watered. | Expenditure. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Water Company. | Horse Hire. | New Carts, Vans, and Standposts. | Water, Labour, Pumping, and Repairs to Pumps, Carts, &c. | Total Expenses. | |||||||||||
| M. | F. | T. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Battersea | 0 | 1 | 110 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Clapham | 26 | 4 | 57 | 928 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 876 | 9 | 10 | 1839 | 1 | 9 |
| Putnev | 21 | 0 | 56 | 480 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 669 | 0 | 4 | †l064 | 13 | 4 |
| Streatham | 30 | 1 | 170 | 879 | 1 | 10 | .. | 1083 | 17 | 10 | 1962 | 19 | 8 | ||
| Tooting | 4 | 1 | 116 | 131 | 13 | 0 | .. | 135 | 9 | 11 | 267 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Wandsworth | 29 | 6 | 39 | 748 | 10 | 8 | •• | 766 | 13 | 0 | 1515 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Total | 111 | 7 | 108 | 3167 | 12 | 2 | 49 | 18 | 3 | 3431 | 10 | 11 | 6661 | 1 | 4 |
* This watt ring is carried out by the Parish of Clapham as a matter of convenience
and the cost paid to the Board by the Vestry of Battersea.
t To this amount the sum of £47 3s. 3d. must be added for the work of horses
belonging to the Board, making the total watering expenses in Putney
£1,111 16s. 7d.
In the Parish of Clapham all the water was obtained
by meter, 5,689,000 gallons at 1s. per 1,000 gallons from
the Lambeth Water Company, and 6,950.000 gallons
at 8½d. per 1,000 gallons from the Southwark and
Vauxhall Water Company, the cost of which, including the
hire of meters and standposts, amounted to £673 14s. 8d.,
being equal to £25 8s. 3d. per mile of road watered.
The total cost of road watering amounted to £69 6s. 3d.
per mile.