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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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In Garratt Lane the ditch opposite Huntspill Street
and Bellew Street has been filled up, 3 gullies provided,
and a gravel path formed from St. Mary's Vicarage fence
to the parish boundary, at a total cost of £28 9s. lOd.
The old York paving and kerbing on the east side of
Tonsley Road has been removed, and the footpath
widened, tar-paved, and kerbed with a portion of the old
granite kerbing from High Street, and two new gullies
constructed. The total cost was £38 9s.
On East Hill the old iron post and rail fence in front of
the Bramblebury Estate has been removed, and the road
widened to 55 feet. The kerbing and paving in front of
No. 75 East Hill, has been taken up and relaid J the York
paving in front of these premises was also extended to
the fence wall. New kerbing has been laid between the
western entrance to the Huguenots and No. 07 East Hill,
and a gravel footpath formed 11 feet in width. The total
cost of the work was £111 18s. 6d.
The Board have arranged with the authorities of
Magdalen College, Oxford, for the continuation of this
widening to the corner of Wandsworth Common and
facing the Common upon the expiration of the existing
leases of the adjoining property.
The old tar-paving on the east side of North Street
between Northlands and Tonsley Place has been taken
up, and York paving laid in lieu thereof, the total
cost, including the cost of taking up and relaying the
crossings and gateways, being £60 13s. 2d.
The kerbing and crossings to gateways on the north
side of York Road, between the Wandsworth Bridge
Road and the Battersea parish boundary, have been taken
up and relaid, and the footpath paved with 2^ inch
York paving, at a cost of £260 0s. lid.
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