Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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in Back Lanc have been laid at the cost of an owner of
property under the supervision of the officers of the Board.
The sewers, gullies, manholes, &c., have been cleansed,
flushed, and disinfected, and, where necessary, altered
and repaired, at a cost of £65 12s. 1d. for cleansing and
£54 1s. 10d. for repairs. At the request of the Board the
landlord of the Tooting Tavern has erected a new urinal
adjoining his premises.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, the following lengths
of sewers have been constructed in new roads by and at
the expense of the owners, viz., 152 feet of 18-inch,
1,008 feet of 15-inch, and 4,359 feet of 12-incli pipes,
with 23 manholes and 76 gullies in connection therewith.
In private roads, 1 manhole and 85 gullies have
been constructed, and 31 manholes brought up to the
surface, and iron covers with dirt boxes provided in
connection therewith, at the expense of the owners.
Ten manholes and 34 new gullies have been constructed
by and at the expense of the Board in various
parts of the parish. Pour surface sewer ventilators
have been sealed, and four 6-in. by 4-in. iron ventilating
pipes fixed against buildings and connected to sewers in
lien of same at a cost of £26 7s. 11d. Three 6-inch by
4-inch iron ventilating pipes have been fixed against
buildings and connected to the sewer at a cost of
£9 2s. 6d.
Owing to their defective condition, tho sewers in
Brathway Boad and Camborne Bond were taken up,
re-laid at improved lines and gradients, and surrounded
with concrete, at a cost of £403 15s. 9d.
The sewer in Allfarthing Lane, between Edmund
Street and a point 166 feet west of such street, was