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Wandsworth 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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£7,000, the wages, £4,000, to be defrayed by the Central Body,,
this Council to pay for the materials, estimated at £3,000, ana the
lake when completed to be maintained by the County Council.
The work was carried out under the supervision of the Surveyor
for the Eastern District at a total cost of £7,717 8s. 7d., towards which
the Central Body contributed the sum of £4,300, and the lake
was opened on the 28th July, 1906, it being handed over by the
Mayor to the Chairman of the London County Council.
90. The following is a statement of the work of the Distress Committee to the closing of the Register on the 31st March, 1956, viz.:—
| Number of applications received | 1,048 | ||
| Skilled workmen, viz. | |||
| Bricklayers | 34 | ||
| Blacksmiths | 12 | ||
| Boilermakers | 2 | ||
| Carpenters | 61 | ||
| Coachbuilders | 1 | ||
| Farriers | 4 | ||
| Gas fitters | 6 | ||
| Harness makers | 2 | ||
| Masons | 11 | ||
| Painters | 142 | ||
| Plasterers | 17 | ||
| Plumbers | 7 | ||
| Wheelwrights | 3 | ||
| 302 | |||
| Partially skilled and unskilled workmen | 746 | ||
| 1,048 | |||
| Number of cases investigated | 1001 | ||
| Number of cases awaiting investigation | 47 | ||
| 1,048 | |||
| Number of applicants selected as suitable to be dealt with by Central Body | 835 | ||
| Ditto, set to work by Central Body, but declined to remain | 7 | ||
| Number of unsuitable applicants | 159 | 1,001 | |