Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Blackshaw
Road.
Bromells Road.
Burr Boad.
Cavendish
Boad.
The strip of land acquired tor the widening of Blackshaw
Road to a minimum of 50 feet has now been conveyed
to the Council by the Lambeth Borough
Council, and the widening of the roadway has been completed in
conjunction with the paving and adoption of same as a new street.
The kerb has been taken up and re-laid on cement concrete
on the south side from The Pavement to Venn
Street, at a cost of £35 5s. od.
The kerb has been taken up and re-laid and new granite sett
channel laid on cement concrete on the north and
south sides from Merton Road to Slop Shoot, at a
cost of £177 16s. Iod.
A narrow strip of land about 61 feet in length and 4 feet
in width, opposite Nos. 142 to 148, has been surrendered
to the highway in connection with the
building of new shops. The cost of tar-paving same amounted to
£13 14s.11d.
At Streatham Cemetery the greenhouses have been painted
Cemeteries. both inside and out, at a cost of £17 9s. 6d.
A new Larbert stove has been fixed at the gardener's cottage,
at a cost of £4 2s. 6d.
The Superintendent's house has been painted inside and
several repairs executed at a cost of £15 os. 2d.
At Wandsworth Cemetery a new ladies convenience has been
erected at a cost of £40, and the iron fencing, entrance gates,
greenhouse and pit lights painted, at a cost of £41. The works
were carried out by Mr. R. A. Jewell. The porch of foreman's
cottage has been repaired, at a cost of £4 4s. ud., and the dwarf
boundary walls raked out and pointed, at a cost of £3 7s. 4d.
A new 4-inch pipe drain with gullies has been laid in the
proposed new footpath leading from the main carriage drive at
the north-east corner of the cemetery, at a cost of £17 4s. nd.
At Putney Vale Cemetery the kitchen, scullery and larder
ceilings of the Superintendent's house have been cleaned and