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and referred to cases in their districts which showed the
desirability of the powers asked for being obtained.
The Board have acquainted the London County Council
with the views expressed by the other Local Authorities,
and have forwarded a list of places in this District in
which the need of such powers was felt. The subject is
still under the consideration of the Council.
Playing Fields.
The London County Council have been
considering the subject of securing fields
suitable for playing, and have asked the Board for
particulars of suitable pieces of ground for that purpose
in the District. The Board have suggested the following
sites, viz.:—
1.—Land at the rear of the Patriotic Asylum for Girls, Wandsworth
Common, about 20 acres in extent, and which formerly was part of the
Common, now under the administration of the Council.
2.—The fields known as the Spencer Cricket Fields, Wandsworth
Common, fronting the extreme south-west side of the Common and
overlooking the valley of the Wandle—20 acres.
3—Buckhold Road—between Buckhold Road, Mapleton Road,
Birchlands Road, and the River Wandle—14 acres.
4.—Putney Bridge Road—between Putney Bridge Road, River
Thames, Horner's Wharf, and the Riversdale Lawn Tennis Ground—
22 acres.
5.—Garratt Lane—Garratt House estate, at junction of Garratt
Lane and Trewint Street—21 acres.
6.—Southfields, between Granville Road, Standen Road, and
Wimbledon Park Road.
River Wandle and
Croydon Rural
District Sewage
Works.
The Board have repeatedly called the
attention of the Local Government Board
to the pollution of the river Wandle by
the sewage works of the Croydon Rural District
Council, and in January last the Local Government
Board held an inquiry into an application of such
Council for sanction to borrow £19,000 for the purposes
of sewerage and sewage disposal. The Board were
represented at the inquiry, when it appeared that