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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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provement is £6,000, and the London County Council
have agreed to contribute a sum not exceeding £3,000.
Trinity Road. The footpaths on both sides of the road across
the common, between No. 26l and Burntwood
Lane, have been kerbed, the channels paved with
granite setts and the footpath on the east side tarpaved,
at a cost of £757 10s. 5d.
upper Richmond Road. The footpath on the south side between No.
21 and Keswick Road has been kerbed and
paved with York paving, at a cost of £363 2s. 11d.
viewfieid Road. The triangular piece of ground at the junction
of Melrose Road has been fenced with unclimbable
railings, at a cost of £39 14s. 8d.
Wimbledon Park Road. The kerbing on the east side between West
Hill Road and Granville Road has been
taken up, jointed, and re-laid on concrete, and the footpath
tarpaved, at a cost of £196 4s. 5d.
windmill Road. The footpath on the east side between
Trinity Road and the parish boundary has
been kerbed and tarpaved, the channels on both sides of
the road paved with granite setts, and the footpath on
the west side, between Trinity Road and Spencer Park,
kerbed and topped with tarpaving, at a total cost of
£798 1s. 4d.
Trees. The trees in the public roads have been pruned
and lopped, new stakes and wiring have been
fixed where necessary, and 49 new trees planted, at a cost
of £60 13s.
southfieids Slop Shoot. A sum of £212 9s. 10d. has been expended
in fencing a portion of the land which
has been let for grazing purposes, at a rent of £15 per
annum.