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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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The sum of £85 1s. 0d. has been expended in the
maintenance of the public urinals at Bedford Hill and
Streatham Hill, and the underground convenience near
Streatham Church. The pennies collected at the underground
convenience during the year amounted to
£10 6s. 9d.
In the Parish of TOOTING the cost of repairing and
cleansing sewers has been £15 17s. 4d.
In the Parish of WANDSWORTH the total length of
new sewers constructed during the past year was about
11,860 feet of 12" pipe, 830 feet of 15" pipe, and 130 feet
of 9" pipe. The covered sewers have been cleansed and
flushed where practicable, and the solid matter lifted out
and carted away.