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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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40
HIGHWAYS.

Table: The following are the particulars of the quantities of the materials used in the repairs of the roads and footpaths within the district during the past year, viz.:—

The following are the particulars of the quantities of the materials used in the repairs of the roads and footpaths within the district during the past year, viz.:—

Materials.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.WandsworthTotal cube yards.
Guernsey Granite264....70319942961
Guernsey Granite Siftings..105½......105½
Cornish Stone1482..1342..9113735
Cornish Stone Siftings..139½......139½
Cornish Stone Chippings....130....130
Kentish Pit Flints20551732118..2174122
Stone Gravel605162½318721517405909½
Cockle Shell90......90
Fine Gravel58630933111618033145
Hard Core..163....175338
Ballast..165½......165½
Knderby Granite....740....740
Fine material for binding........150150
Shingle........282282
Ashes........159159
Totals5082277758481034743122172

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In the Parish of Putney, in addition to the foregoing
materials used in the repair of highways, 293 yards of
ballast and 115 yards of sand have been used in sanding
roads during frosty weather, and 222 yards of ballast
have been used in making concrete for foundations of
new buildings at the new wharf. The old granite from
High Street has also been extensively used in repairing
roads.
In the Parish of Streatham about 1086 loads of old
road material, excavated from the tramways and wood
paving works on Brixton Hill and Streatham Hill, were
carted, sifted, and used in repairing parish roads
and paths; 152 cubic yards of fine gravel and sand were
used on slippery roads; and 410 yards of stone gravel
have been used in improvements.