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Wandsworth 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Streatham
High Road.
New kerb has been laid on the east side of
Coulthurst Hill, Lower Streatham, at a cost
of £87 13s. 11d.
Streatham Hill.
The widened portion of Streatham Hill railway
bridge has been paved with artificial
stone at a cost of £41 1s. 2d.
Crossings.
The following crossings have been laid,
viz.:—Greyhound Lane, £12 14s. 2d.;
Bedford Hill (near Ryde Yale Road), £14 6s. 7d.;
Leigham Court Road (near end of Mount Nod Road),
£10 16s. 8d.; Mount Ephraim Road (at end of Mount
Ephraim Lane), £19 3s. 5d.
Channelling.
Six-inch granite block channelling has been
laid in the following roads, viz.:—Streatham
High Road (Bladon Terrace), £56 18s.; Eerrers Road,
£18 19s. 7d.; Ellora Boad, £23 1s. 2d.
Coventry Park.
The tar-paving of several of the footpaths
having become very uneven owing to the
number of trenches, it has been found necessary to
break them up, mix the material with fresh tar, and re-top
with limestone topping, at a cost of 1s. 5d. per yard super.
Parish Depots.
The proposed purchase from Mr. Neal of a
plot of land at Besley Street mentioned in
last year's report, was not carried out owing to the
restrictive covenants. An iron fence has been fixed
between the parish yard at Streatham High Road and
the railway property, at a cost of £52 18s. 5d. The
Board have arranged to take on lease at an annual
rental of £14 an additional dep6t in Sulina Road,
Brixton Hill.
Offices.
The interior of the parish offices, exclusive
of the Committee Boom, has been painted,
papered, and re-decorated, and the floors of the passages