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Wandsworth 1894

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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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.4-in.
Clapham164212......26207016203716
Putney83105......601600..1660
Streatham268401501202821245817..6393
Tooling1928..424576394..998
Wandsworth243299......1325408..5540
Totals77710455012430691815289162018307

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In the Parish of Clapham, this work has been
executed by the Board without tlie aid of a contractor.
In the Parish of Streatham, in addition to the above,
247 drains (comprising 214 feet of 9 inch, 5,604 feet of
6 inch, and 400 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 625 houses when built. Thus an aggregate of
about 2^ miles of drains has been laid under public
roads and paths in this parish for various purposes
during the year. About ],296 feet of 9 inch drain,
comprised in a system of combined drainage, have been
constructed on the Leigham Court estate under the
supervision of the Board's officers.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, the whole of the
foregoing drainage work has been executed by the
Board without the intervention of a contractor. In
addition to the above, 2,340 feet of 6 inch pipe drains
have been laid under new roads at the time of and in
conjunction with the construction of new sewers; these
are intended to drain about 117 houses when built.