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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disinfected, and, where necessary, altered and repaired, at
a cost of £578 4s. 8d. for cleansing, and £456 4s. 4d. for
repairs.
A new convenience has been erected in Leigham
Court Road West, adjoining Streatham Hill Station. The
work was carried out by Messrs. W. Macfarlane and Co.,
under contract for the sum of £74 6s., the total cost of
the work, including drainage, footings, &c., amounting to
£106 10s. 2d. The amount expended in the maintenance
of the urinals in the parish has been £176 1s. 2d. The
amounts collected at the various conveniences are as
follows, viz.:—Balham Station, £44 10s. 2d.; Streatham
Hill Station, £3 1s. 8d.; and Streatham Church,
£19 10s. 2d.; total, £67 2s.
In the Parish of Tooting, 380 feet of new sewers,
5 manholes, 5 ventilators, 4 lamp holes, and 15 gullies,
with about 364 feet of 6-inch pipe drain thereto, have
been constructed during the year, and sewer junctions
have been provided for 16 gullies not yet constructed,
all under the supervision of the officers of the Board.
In Bright well Crescent and Alston Road, galvanized iron
ventilating shafts have been erected against the sides of
houses in lieu of existing ventilators in the middle of
the road, which have been either closed or entirely
done away with. All the sewers, gullies, manholes, &c.,
have been cleansed, flushed, and disinfected, and where
necessary altered and repaired, at a cost of £147 5s. 1d.
for cleansing, and £42 17s. for repairs.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, 555 feet of 15-inch
and 1,713 feet of 12-inch pipe sewers, with 16 manholes
and 43 gullies, have been constructed in new roads by
and at the expense of the owners. In private roads, 23
gullies have been constructed, and 2 manholes brought up
to the surface, and iron covers with dirt boxes provided in