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Wandsworth 1903

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

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Wandsworth
Common,
West Side.
Samples of Kentish rag and Derbyshire Limestone
Tar Macadam have been laid, as an experiment,
between North Side and Trinity Road, the total cost
being £677: 11: 4, or about 4/9 per superficial yard.
Waterside and
Jews Bow.
New 12 in. x 8 in. granite kerb, Scoriae block
channel on cement concrete and Adamant paving
have been laid and the carriageway made up at a
cost of £297: 12: 1. A sum of £87: 10: 0 was received from the
owners of property towards this cost.
Wellfleld Road
and
Sunnyhill Road.
From Blackwood Hall to No. 44, Sunnyhill
Road, new 4X4 granite channel has been laid on
concrete, the old wood crossings at Junctions of
Sunnyhill Road taken up and new 4X4 sett crossings substituted
at a cost of £63: 2: 7.
Wharves.
A blacksmith's shop has been erected at Ashlone
Road Wharf under contract by Mr. W. R. Williams,
Putney, at a cost, including foundations, which were put in by
the Council's workmen, of £403: 16: 10.
West Hill.
Most of the property required for widening the
road to 60 feet has been acquired and preparations
have been made for commencing the work.
The carriageways of the following roads have been converted
from flint to granite macadam, viz.:—
Allfarthing Lane, between St. Ann's Hill and Heathfield
Road-
Alma Terrace, between Heathfield Road and Trinity
Road.
Heathfield Road, between Wandsworth Common, West
Side, and Alma Terrace.
Penwith Road, between Garratt Lane and River
Wandle.
St. Ann's Hill, between Rosehill Road and Allfarthing
Lane.