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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Footway, Narbonne Avenue, at Abbeville Road, tar-
paving and kerb 16 0 0
Margins of wood paving from No. 97, High Street to
the "Plough" p.h., relaid for the London Tramways
Company, the Company supplying the new
hard wood blocks 20 0 0
Lowering entrance to Iveley Road at St. Paul's Close,
wood paving and tar-paving 15 19 7
Alteration to carriage entrance Stewarts Road 3 0 0
Park Place
Improvement.
An improvement has been carried out by
widening the passage between Crescent Lane and Park
Place to 40 feet, thereby making Abbeville Road a
continuous line of thoroughfare from Park Hill to
Cavendish Road. The total cost was £1,192 11s. 4d.,
of which sum the London County Council contributed
£500, and a loan was obtained for the remainder.
The paving materials used were: 65 yards super, channelling,
439 yards super, tar-paving, and 64S feet
lineal 12-inch by 8-inch granite kerb; the materials for
making the road were: 180 cubic yards hard core, 92
cubic yards stone gravel, and 116 cubic yards flints.
Repairs to
Trenches.
The cost of repairs to telephone, electric
lighting, gas, and water trenches for the year, paid for
by the several Companies, has been £2,460 3s 10d.
Hoardings-
The sum of £4 5s. 0d. has been received
for hoarding licences, and £7 16s. 7d. for the restoration
of pavements after tbe removal of the hoardings.
Stables.
The following are the particulars of the
cost of maintenance of the stables establishment of 20
horses, viz.;
£ £
Buildings, 5 per cent. on £2,500 125
Gas engine, harness & fittings, 10 per cent. on £360 36
20 horses, 10 per cent. on £1,220 122
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