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The tar paving in this road has been broken up and re-laid
and the kerb re-laid at a total cost of £63 9s. Sd.
Pendennis
Road-
The tar-paving in this street has been broken up and re-laid
and the kerb re-fixed at a total cost of £77 18s. 4d.
Picket
Street-
The whole of the external wood and iron work and the
inside of lantern lights over slipper baths have
been painted. The work was done under contract
by Mr. H. S. Lee, St. John's Hill, the total cost being £195
7s. 8d.
Public
Baths.
The entrance lobbies and passages to the two Swimming
Baths have been distempered by Mr. H. Monk, Wandsworth, at
a cost of £6 18s. od.
A Diving Board has been fixed in the second-class Swimming
Bath by Mr. C. Horton, Wandsworth, at a cost of £12.
The island in the River Wandle has been removed at a cost
of £18 3s. od.
The paths round the building have been tar paved and a
crossing constructed at the entrance gates at a cost of ^110
8s. 2d.
The direct acting steam lift and force pump and rising main
used for supplying the water to the Baths and Washhouses,
having become defective and incapable of raising the water required,
has been replaced by an air lift plant.
The new plant was supplied by the British American Well
Works Company and comprises a Compound Air Compressor i£
inch air delivery pipe, 4½ inch rising main, 215 gallon receiving
tank, 12 inch standpipe and water heater.
The plant is capable of delivering 10,000 gallons of water
per hour, discharging into the receiving tank at a point about 40
feet above the surface of the ground and distributing by gravitation
to all points of the baths and washhouses.