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Wandsworth 1905

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

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Putney
Heath.
The gravel footpath on the north side from Portsmouth
Putney Road to Rodway Road has been tar paved at a
Heath. cost of £377 IIS. od.
Putney
Hill.
The shops at the south-west corner of Upper Richmond
Putney Road and Putney Hill having been pulled down for
Hill. the purpose of building new premises for the
don and County Banking Company, the Council purchased and
pulled down No. 8, Putney Hill, and have effected an exchange of
land with the Company in order that the new premises might be
set back and the roads widened.
The gravel footpath on the east side from Lower Richmond
Putney Lower Road to Laborer's Cottages has been tar paved at
Common. a cost st of £41 13S. 5d.
A strip of land about 108 feet in length and averaging
Beplingham 6 feet 7 inches in width, given up by the owner of
Road Nos. 81 to 91, Replingham Road on being allowed
by the London County Council to bring the shop fronts beyond
the building line, has been added to the public way and paved with
artificial stone at a cost of £31 6s. 1od.
Roehampton
Lane.
The gravel footpath on the west side from Alton Road to
Roehampton opposite "Highwood," Portsmouth Road, has been
Lane. tar paved at a cost of ₤107 12s. 4d.
Rydal Road.
An old wood crossing in this road has been taken up and
ydal Road, granite setts substituted at a cost of £9 18s. 7d.
Slop Shoots.
The Council having purchased about 3J acres of land adjoining
Garratt Park, an unclimable iron boundary
Slop Shoots. fence has been erected. The work was carried
out under contract by Messrs. Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss, at a cost
of £181 18s. 5d,
Strathville
Road.
A new wood crossing has been constructed at the approach
strathville to the new bridge over the Wandle, Dunt's Hill
Road. Road, at a cost of £22 14s. id.