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Wandsworth 1898

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

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The quantity of material used in the above works,
comprised:—19 super. yards patent Victoria stone;
20 super. yards patent Silex stone; 246 super. yards
old York paving; 12,840 granite cubes; 2,780 wood
blocks; 120 feet run new 12-inch by 8-inch kerb; 641
feet run old 12-inch by 8-inch kerb; 146 yards Thames
ballast; 50 yards sand; 230 super. yards tar paving; 3
tons cement; and 16 tons lias lime.
Hoardings. The sum of £9 5s. has been received for hoarding
licences, and £53 0s. 3d. for re-instating
pavements after the removal of hoardings.
Trenches. The cost of repairs to gas, water, electric
light, and telephone trenches, paid for by the
several Companies, has been £1,663 7s. 11d.
Electric Light Mains. The County of London and Brush Provincial
Electric Lighting Company Limited, have
now laid electric light mains in the following streets in the
parish, viz.:—High Street, Putney Hill, on the north-west
side of Putney Heath from the top of Putney Hill to
High Street, Roehampton, Upper Richmond Road from
Wandsworth parish boundary to Roehampton Lane,
Chartfield Road, Carlton Road, Treville Street, Medfield
Street, High Street, Roehampton, Ponsonby Road, Roehampton
Lane from the corner of High Street to Ponsonby
Road, a portion of Alton Road from Roehampton Lane
to Bessborough Road, St. John's Road East, Briar
Walk, Woodborough Road, Portsmouth Road, Marlborough
Road, Putney Park Avenue, Dealtry Road,
Lytton Grove, Gwendolen Avenue, Kersfield Road,
Putney Bridge Road, and Deodar Road—a total length
of about 8¾ miles.
Telephone cables The National Telephone Company have laid
underground tubes to take wires commencing
on the south side of Upper Richmond Road at the