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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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Nos, 14, 15 and 16, Bellevue Gardens. An agreement
has also been entered into with the owner of the land at
the opposite corner adjoining Barmouth Road, whereby
about 18 superficial yards of land have been secured, at
a cost of £10, for widening the footpath. New kerbing,
channelling, and tar-paving have been laid on the south
side between Crieff Road and Barmouth Road, and also
on the north side between Geraldine Road and St. Ann's
Hill, at a cost of £326 9s. 9d.
East Hill.
The footpath on the north side between
North Street and Tonsley Hill, which at one
point was about 2 feet above the roadway, has been
lowered to the ordinary level above the channelling.
The total cost including alterations to gates, underpinning
walls, new York paving, blue panel brick
crossings, taking up and relaying kerbing and channelling,
was £292 13s. 3d. A strip of land has been given
up by the owner on the south side, between Woodwell
Road and No. 35, for widening the footpath from 7
feet to about 11 feet 6 inches. The kerb was taken
up and relaid on concrete, and new York paving
laid, at a cost of £87 12s. 8d. The remainder of the
York paving will be laid as soon as the forecourt fences
are removed. The footpath on the south side between
No. 35 and the parish boundary was paved with new
York paving and the kerbing taken up and relaid, at a
cost of £259 6s.
Causeway.
The footpath between the Electric Lighting
Company's boundary and the swing bridge
over the canal has been kerbed and paved with York
paving, and the carriageway paved with granite setts, at
a cost of £43 9s. 3d. The Electric Lighting Company
have completed the works in connection with the diversion
of the footpath. A road 20 feet in width has been
made, the carriageway being paved with asphalte and the