Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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The paving of the roadway in Thurlow Street,
situated between the Wandsworth Road and the Midland
Railway Goods Station has been completed with 4" Tees
Scoriae and Leicestershire granite paving laid on 6" of
Portland cement concrete at a cost of £276. The labor
was supplied by the Board.
Detail. £ s. d.
Excavation and concrete, 525 yards super at 4s. 6d. 118 2 6
4" Tees Scoriæ Paving, 345 yards super at 5s. l½d. 88 8 2
4" Granite Paving, 180 yards super at 7s. 8½d. 69 7 6
£275 18 2
An improvement has been made on the east side of the
Chase by setting back a wall and thereby adding 196
feet super to the public way at a cost of £10. The
footpath was kerbed and paved with tar-paving and a
carriage entrance formed with blue Staffordshire bricks
at an additional cost of £27.
£ s. d.
143 feet run 12" × 8" Kerb 14 0 0
102 yards super tar-paving 10 0 0
10 yards super Staffordshire blue brick paving 3 0 0
£27 0 0
The following sums have been expended in paving
repairs, viz.:—
£ s. d.
For Granite and York Paving 182 0 0
For Asphalte 206 0 0
For Tar 100 0 0
For Tar Dressing, 49,000 yards super 236 0 0
£724 0 0
The cost of repairs to gas and water trenches for the
year, paid for by the several Companies, has been
£1,143 7s. 6d. including the sum of £755 9s. 2d. the