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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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was £3. The kerbing between the entrance to "Mayfield"
and No. 23, has been taken up and relaid, and
the footpath paved with new York paving, at a cost
of £112 11s. 9d.
West Hill.
The Board have decided to widen the road on
the north side between High Street and the
west side of the Convent grounds. Most of the property
required for the purpose has already been purchased, and
negotiations are in progress for acquiring the remainder.
The refuge at the junction of Upper Richmond Road has
been altered and enlarged for the reception of a drinking
fountain, presented to the parish by an anonymous donor.
The cost of the work was £24 3s. 2d. Scoriæ block
channelling has been laid on the south side, between
Amerland Boad and Upper Bichmond Boad, at a cost of
£50 2s. 10d.
Windmill Road.
The circular refuge at the junction of Trinity
Road has been removed and an oval refuge
constructed in lieu of same, at a cost of £10 11s. 5d.
150 feet lineal of kerbing and channelling has been laid on
the south side, from Trinity Road, at a cost of £13 5s. 5d.
Wandsworth
Common,
West Side.
Scoriae block channelling has been laid on the
west side, between Cicada Road and No. 9,
Bramblebury Gardens, at a cost of £58 19s. 9d.
The footpath between "Alberta" and York House has been
paved with York paving, at a cost of £173 9s. 3d.
York Road.
The margins between the kerb and tramway
rails have been paved with Karri wood blocks
4 inches deep laid on Portland cement concrete 6 inches
thick, from about 75 feet east of North Street to Alma
Boad, at a cost of £1,156 13s. 3d., or 13s. 6d. per superficial
yard. The South London Tramways Company have
agreed to maintain a margin of 3 feet outside the rails, and
also the whole width from kerb to kerb at the passing
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