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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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Wandsworth Common West Side. The footpath between the south side of
"Jasmine" and the south of York House
has been paved with 2½-inch York paving,
at a cost of £173 9s. 3d.
Garratt Lane. The leaseholder's interest in No. 1, Dunt's
Hill has been acquired for the sum of £500,
and the widening of Garratt Lane at that point to 50 feet
is well in hand.
Keswick Road. The footpaths on both sides between Upper
Richmond Road and "Belvedere," have been
kerbed and tar paved and Scoriæ block channelling laid,
at a cost of £678 8s, 4d.
Portinscale Road. The footpaths on both sides have been kerbed
and tarpaved and Scoriæ block channelling
laid, at a cost £683 3s. 11d.
Frogmore By arrangement with the owner, an improvement
has been effected on the north side
between Nos. 11 and 15, by setting back the gate and
forecourt fence, whereby an area of about 18 superficial
yards was added to the footpath. The Board agreed to
pay the owner the sum of £15 for the land, being the
estimated cost of providing and fixing two entrance
gates. The kerb on the north side between Sudlow Road
and Putney Bridge Road was taken up, jointed, and
re-laid on concrete, and the footpath paved with York
stone, at a cost of £66 17s. 10d.
Red Lion street. The Board have now agreed with the owners
to purchase the remainder of the property
required for the proposed 50-feet road from York Road
to Red Lion Street, and the work will be commenced as
soon as the purchase is completed, and the necessary
arrangements made with the tenants to give up possession
of the premises. The estimated cost of the