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Wandsworth 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Council. This will enable the Council to give its consent to the
transfer, if it should think fit, upon condition that the difference
between the purchase fees for parishioners and non-parishioners
be paid.
191. The times of closing the cemeteries in March and Octo-
Times of Open- ber have been altered from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m. The ing and Closing .
Cemeteries. cemeteries are open to the public as follows:—
| Weekdays. | Sundays. | |
|---|---|---|
| November, December, January and February | a.m. p m. 7 to 4.30 | a.m. p.m. 10 to 4.30 |
| March and October | 7 to 6 | 10 to 6 |
| April and September | 7 to 7 | 10 to 7 |
| May, June, July and August | 7 to 8 | 10 to 8 |
192. A portion of the Magdalen Road has been paved as a
new street at the cost of the owners of property
abutting thereon, and the charge under the apportionment
against the Council as owners of the Wandsworth
Cemetery amounted to £264 13s. od. The estimated cost of the
work exceeded the actual cost, and a sum of £8 16s. 3d. was
refunded in respect of the cemetery.
Paving
Magdalen
Road.
193. The railings of the Wandsworth Parish Churchyard
have been repaired and painted by the Council, the
estimated cost of the work being £55, and some
small trees have been planted in the churchyard.
Wandsworth
Parish
Churchyard.
194. In connection with the widening of South Street by the
London County Council for the electric tramways
it was necessary to remove and re-inter the human
remains in the part of the All Saints' graveyard
which is to be added to the public way, and the Council agreed to
such remains being re-interred in the Streatham Cemetery, Garratt
Lane, Tooting.
All Saints'
Graveyard,
South Street.
195. The Council considered the subject of the extension at
Wandsworth Cemetery of the land to be used for
burial purposes, and the consecration of land there,
and decided to add to the cemetery the land be-
F
Wandsworth
Cemetery,
Extension and
Consecration.