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Wandsworth 1906

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

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A strip of land about 106 feet in length and 9 feet in width,
given up by the London County Council in front of
the new sub-generating station opposite Hunts-
moor Road, has been kerbed with 12-inch by 8-inch granite kerb,
two granite sett carriageway crossings have been laid on cement
concrete, two new gullies constructed, and the footpath paved
with 2£-inch artificial paving, at a cost of 9s. od.
East Hill.
The kerb and granite sett channel have been taken up and
re-laid on cement concrete on the east side from
opposite Dingwall Road to The Grove, at a cost of
£65 9s. 6d.
Earlsfield .Road.
New gullies have been constructed and the crossings have
been re-laid at a cost of £5 18s. nd.
Ellison Road.
The existing kerbing in this road has been re-laid on concrete
and the paving of the footpaths adjusted to suit the
altered level of the kerb, at a cost of £115 16s. od.
Endlesham
Road.
Fire alarm indicators have been fixed to a number of lamp
columns throughout the district, the Council agreeing
to paint and maintain same.
Eire Alarm
Indicators.
The kerb has been taken up and re-laid and new Scoriae
block channel laid on cement concrete on both sides
of the road from Pentlow Street to Sefton Street,.
at a cost of £39 2s. 5d.
Floss Street.
A new carriageway crossing has been laid opposite Wimbledon
Park Road with old granite setts on cement
concrete, at a cost of &16 4s. 3d.
Owing to the dangerous state of the banks of the Graveney
Brook, at Norbury, a close-boarded oak fence has
been erected for a length of 18 yards along the side
of the Brook from the High Road on the west side of the road.
The fencing was supplied by Messrs. Gardham & Sons, Limited,
Staines, and was erected by the Council's employees. The total
cost of the work was ,£24 14s. cd.
Graveney Brook
—Oak Fencing.