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Wandsworth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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LIGHTING.
In the Parish of Clapham 29 lamps have been added
and 2 have been shifted in position.
In the Parish of Putney, 28 (27 single and 1
double) new lamps have been added during the year,
and 50 shifted.
In the Parish of Streatham, 37 new lamps have
been added and 13 shifted, the total number being 1,378,
1,368 lighted by Gas Companies and 10 by electricity
from power supplied from the dust destructor.
In the Parish of Tooting, 17 new lamps have been
added and 12 shifted, the total number being 226½.
2191 lighted by the Gas Company and 7 by electricity
from the dust destructor.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, 44 new lamps have
been erected during the year within the district of the
Wandsworth and Putney Gas Company. The total
number of lamps lighted with gas in the parish is
1,329£. Welsbach incandescent burners, and PutneyKingston
lanterns with street name slips, have been
fitted to the lamps at a cost of £468 15s. 9d. in the
following roads, viz.:—Merton Road, Putney Bridge
Road, Earlsfield Road, Red Lion Street, St. Ann's
Hill, The Grove, Oakhill Road, Keswick Road, Wandsworth
Common West Side, Brodrick Road, West Hill,
Schubert Road, Galveston Road, Mexfield Road,
Cromford Road, Santos Road and Lytton Grove.