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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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SEWERS.
During the past year the following lengths of sewers, &c., have been constructed in the Borough :—
| Totals. | |
|---|---|
| Lineal feet of new sewers. | 24,211 |
| Manholes | 113 |
| Gullies | 452 |
8 sewer ventilating shafts have been fixed against sides of houses and 6 columns erected during the year, in lieu of surface ventilators in the roads which in all cases have been hermetically sealed.
PARTICULARS OF NEW SEWERS.
| Localities. | Lengths and Sizes, Feet Lineal. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-in. pipe. | 18-in. pipe. | 15-in. pipe. | I2-in. P'Pe- | 9-in. pipe. | 6-in. pipe. | 4-in. pipe. | |
| Beaumont Road | 903 | ||||||
| Birch wood Road | 278 | ||||||
| Bridgford Street | 370 | ||||||
| Cato Road | 718 | ||||||
| Chillerton Road | 280 | 120 | |||||
| Clarence Lane | 817 | ||||||
| Coteford Road | 360 | 610 | |||||
| Cowick Road | 670 | 325 | |||||
| Crowborough Road | 1072 | 1594 | |||||
| Derrington Road | 611 | 1078 | |||||
| Duntshill Road | |||||||
| Earldom Road | 408 | ||||||
| Freshford Street | 626 | ||||||
| Glencairn Road | 520 | 1660 | |||||
| Hillborough Road | 298 | 750 | |||||
| Kingston Road, by Beverley Brook | 193 | 313 | 309 | 401 | 286 | ||
| Kingston Road, by Newlands Farm | 785 | 215 | |||||
| Carried forward | 110 | 193 | 1857 | 8655 | 7123 | 286 | |