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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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37
PRIVATE DRAINS.

Table: 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:—

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.
18-in.l5-in.12-in.9-in.6-in.Total lengths.
Clapham142185......2629402966
Putney5353......2012431263
Streatham15124448213991418823021
Tooting913........207207
Wandsworth75150....9651010081614
Totals430645482235147072809071

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In the Parish of Streatham, in addition to the above,
270 drains (comprising 4450 feet of 9 inch and 1600
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 502 houses when built. Thus an aggregate of
nearly 4¼ miles of sewers and drains have been laid
under public roads and paths for various purposes during
the year.
The numbers of inspections made and recorded in the
drain inspection books were as follows:—In the Parish
of Clapham 967: Putney 502; Streatham 1,450; Tooting
35; Wandsworth 1,039.—Total 3,993. The number
of houses and buildings comprised in the foregoing inspections
were: In Clapham 160; Putney 117; Streatham
463; Tooting 19; Wandsworth 263.—Total 1,022.