Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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The amount expended during the year for the maintenance
of the eight urinals in the Parish, exclusive of the
two underground conveniences, has been as follows, viz. :
£ s. d.
Wages 62 18 4
Repairs and tools 59 9 7
Water supply 41 b 1
£163 13 0
In the Parish of Putney, 440 feet of new 12-inch
pipe sewer, with 6 new gullies in connection therewith,
have been completed in new roads by the owners of the
property there, under the superintendence of the Council.
A 9-inch sewer has been laid in Rockland Road a length
of 157 feet, and two manholes have been constructed in
connection therewith, at a cost of £108 18s. 7d. A
surface water drain has been constructed in Kingston
Road, at Jerry's Hill, 1,100 feet long, consisting of 400
feet of 12-inch and 700 feet of 9-inch pipes, and 12
small catchpits were constructed in connection therewith,
the total cost being £120 6s. 4d. Six new gullies have
been constructed by the Council at a cost of £40 Is. 5d.,
and various alterations and repairs to manholes, gullies,
and sewers carried out at a cost of £46 14s. 2d. Five
ventilating pipes have been constructed in the parish at
a cost of £27 13s. 8d. The gullies throughout the parish
have been regularly emptied, cleansed, and disinfected,
and the sewers and manholes have been regularly and
frequently flushed.
In the Parish of Streatham, 7,641 feet of new
sewers, 27 manholes, 23 ventilators, 3 lamp-holes, 3 side
entrances, and 113 gullies, with about 1,558 feet of 6-inch