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Wandsworth 1903

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

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Sunnyhill
Road.
The portion of this road from Wellfield Road
to top of the hill. The kerb has been relaid, the old
tarpaving broken up and re-tarred, re-laid and
re-topped at a cost of £125: 9: 1.
Ton-ley Place.
New Scoriae block channelling has been laid
and the existing kerb taken up and refixed on cement
concrete on the south side between Tonsley Road and Tonsley Hill
at a cost of £16: 11: 0.
Tonsley Road.
New 12 in. x 8 in. granite kerb has been provided
and the channel taken up and relaid on cement
concrete and Indurated paving laid on the south and west sides,
between Tonsley Place and Tonsley Hill, at a cost of £271: 1: 7.
Trinity Road
Improvement.
The shops at the corner of Balham High Road
and seven cottages on the North side have been
acquired and palled down, in other parts of the road
some of the forecourts have been acquired and the road widened.
Negotiations for the acquisition of other properties required are
still in progress. The footpaths have been partly kerbed and
paved and the roadway made up.
Valley Road
Improvement.
In Valley Road, Streatham, a piece of Nursery
garden ground near Sunnyhill Road had been acquired
and thrown into the public way. The widened path
has been kerbed and made up with gravel. The cost of the
improvement including land, fencing and paving amounted to
A* : 12:2.
Vermont
Street.
I he land given up in tront or the " foresters
beer-house, in Vermont Street and Allfarthing Lane,
has been added to the public way and kerbed and
paved at an estimated cost of £45.
Waterside
Wharf.
This wharf has been allocated to the Eastern
District. Plans and estimates were prepared for its
development and in due course approved. An
electric crane has been installed on a suitable foundation, a cement
shed weigh office, mess room, etc., constructed, the building works
being carried out by Mr. Walter WTallis. The crane was supplied
by Messrs. Ransomes & Rapier, and the weighbridge by Messrs.
Avery & Company, the foundations and paving works being executed
by the Council's own workmen.
The total cost to present date is £1,572: 11: 7.