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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 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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adamant paving; 310 super, yards of granite channels
and crossings; 1,600 blue bricks; 328 yards of hard
core; 203 yards of stone gravel, and 2 new gullies.
About 8,214 feet of old stone and brick-paving, stone
pitching, and wood-paving have been taken up and
re-laid.
The following new roads have been paved and adopted
during the year, viz., Upper Tooting Park, Gleneagle
Mews, Cloudesdale Road, and Amesbury Avenue—total
length, 5 furlongs, 129 yards. The estimated cost of
making up and paving these new roads under the annual
contracts of the Board amounted to £3,121 8s. 2d.; and
the materials, &c., used in the work included L8 new
gullies, 1,339 yards of hard core, 1,683 yards of stone
gravel, 5,525 feet of new kerb, 1,021 super, yards of
channel and crossings, 4,562 yards of tar-paving, and
4,5.62 yards of running and shelling.
The Board's steam roller has been worked on 246 days, made up as follows, viz.—
| Public Roads. | New Roads. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streatham | 152 | 73¾ | 225¾ |
| Tooting | 14¼ | 6 | 20¼ |
| 246 |
The cost of working the roller during this period has been as follows, viz.—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wages of driver and flag boy (including watching and cleaning) | 137 | 16 | 3 |
| Coke | 65 | 4 | 10 |
| Oil, waste, white lead, and sundries | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| Fire-wood | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Insurance | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Depreciation, at 10 per cent, per annum | 33 | 17 | 10 |
| Total cost of 246 days' work | £255 | 0 | 2 |