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Wandsworth 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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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.Total lengths.
18-in.15-in.12-in.9-in.6-in.4-in.
Clapham841.48......401540541634
Putney225225......4222778..3200
Streatham152264138601165382030..2882
Tooting1326....3112252..295
Wandsworth15818418••4756076332..7432
Totals632847156606221619129325415443

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In the parish of Streatham, in addition to the above,
201 drains (comprising 31 feet of 12 inch, 1,350 feet
of 9 inch and 3,666 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 333 houses when built. Thus
an aggregate of nearly 4⅓ miles of sewers and drains
have been laid under public roads and paths for various
purposes during the year.
In the parish of Wandsworth,in addition to the above,
4,080 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 185 houses.
The number of inspections made and recorded in the
drain inspection hooks were as follows :—In the parish
of Clapham, 1,400; Putney, 1,036; Streatham, 2,336;
Tooting, 41 ; "Wandsworth, 1,701; total, 6,514. The
PRIVATE DRAINS.