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Putney, Streatham, Tooting Graveney, and Wandsworth. Should the
Bill be passed in its present form, only one Member of the School
Board would be returned by that Borough.
9.—Your Petitioners suggest that the said Borough of Wandsworth
should be formed either into two undivided Boroughs or into two
Divisions, each returning one Member of the School Board; that one
of such Boroughs or Divisions should comprise the parishes of Putney
and Wandsworth, and that the other should comprise the par shes of
Streatham and Tooting Graveney. The parishes of Putney and Wandsworth
combined have a population of 78,667 (census 1896), a rateable
value of £530,459, and 12,612 registered parochial electors. The
parishes of Streatham and Tooting Graveney combined have a population
of 61,644 (census 1896), a rateable value of £475,448, and 9,940
registered parochial electors.
10.—In support of this suggestion your Petitioners humbly point
out that the first of the Boroughs or Divisions above suggested, namely
the combined parishes of Putney and Wandsworth, has a greater population
than 35 of the 56 Boroughs or Divisions (excluding the Borough
of Wandsworth) in the Metropolis, each of which would, under the provisions
of the Bill, return one Member of the School Board; also a
greater rateable value than 37 of such Boroughs or Divisions, and a
greater number of registered parochial electors than 34 of such
Boroughs or Divisions. The second of the Boroughs or Divisions above
suggested, namely the combined parishes of Streatham and Tooting
Graveney, has a greater population than 13 of such 56 Boroughs or
Divisions; a greater rateable value than 33 of such Boroughs or Divisions,
and a greater number of registered parochial electors than 21 of
such Boroughs or Divisions.
[In the foregoing statistics the City of London, which under the Bill would return
two Members of the School Board, is excluded, and the average rateable
value of the Divisions of a Borough is taken in those cases where the
1 ateable value of the Divisions of such Borough is not shown separately in
the published Returns.]
II.—That your Petitioners' District has a large area in proportion to
its population and rateable value. Much of this area is still unbuilt
upon. Very extensive building operations are going on throughout the
District. The population of the four above-mentioned parishes of
Putney, Wandsworth, Streatham, and Tooting Graveney increased from
113,233 to 140,311 in the five years 1891 to 1896. This rate of increase
is, your Petitioners believe, being more than maintained. The
greater part of the Metroplis is already built upon, and it necessarily
follows that the number of Boroughs or Divisions with a less population
and rateable value than either of the two Boroughs or Divisions which