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PAVING WORKS, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC.
The Channelling has been relaid in this road at a cost of
£38 4s. 1od.
Balham
Park Boad.
An open-air swimming bath is now being constructed on
that part of Tooting Common adjoining the London,
Brighton and South Coast Railway between
Bedford Hill and Tooting Bec Road by "Unemployed" labour.
Bathing
Lake.
The water area of the bath is to be 300 feet by 100 feet, the
maximum depth seven feet, and the minimum three feet. The
walls are to be constructed of two thicknesses of concrete with a
layer of bitumen sheeting between. A dressing shed, running the
entire length of the bath is to be constructed on the side next the
railway cutting. The footways are to be paved with artificial
stone, and diving boards will be provided at the deep end of the
bath. An embankment is to be formed about 13 feet in height on
three sides of the bath, which will dispose of the surplus earth and
also form a screen and secure the bathers from observation. The
fourth side which runs parallel with the railway will be screened
by the dressing sheds. The whole of the site will be enclosed
within an unclimbable iron railing, whilst a suitable iron fence
will be fixed at the foot of the embankment within the bathing
enclosure. The entrance will be situated at the end of the bath
adjoining Tooting Bec Road and provision is to be made for
attendant's hut, and conveniences for both sexes.
The estimated total cost of the work is £7,000, towards
which the Central Committee of the Unemployed Body has agreed
to contribute a sum of £4,000.
The whole of the unskilled labour will be supplied by the
Local Distress Committees of London through the Committee of
the Central Body.
At the back of the new Disinfecting Station in Blackshaw
Road, Bath Rooms for Verminous Persons of both
sexes have been erected. The Builders were Messrs.
Jones Bros., Tooting, and the heating arrangements
have been carried out by Messrs. Manlove, Alliott & Company,
the total cost of the works being £159 1s. 1d.
Bath Rooms
for
Verminous
Persons.