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Wandsworth 1907

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

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Chelverton
Road.
Churchyards.
Dendy Street.
Deodar Road.
Depots.
Drewstead
Road.
whitened and the scullery and larder walls coloured, at a cost of
£2 is. 8d. One of Moule's patent earth closets has been fixed
in the public convenience, at a cost of £2 5s 11d.
Owing to the continued settlement of the gardener's cottage
it was decided to pull it down and clear the site. The work was
carried out by Messrs. W. Mulliner & Son, who paid the Council
£II 5s. od. for the old materials.
At Putney Lower Common Cemetery the external wood and
iron work of entrance lodge have been cleaned and painted. The
remaining portion of the boundary walls has been re-pointed, at
a cost of £7 2s. 8d.
The kerb and channel has been taken up and re-laid on
cement concrete on the north and south sides from
the Omnibus Dep6t to Charlwood Road, at a cost
of £337 is. 6d.
The cleaning and painting of the iron railings have been
carried out at St. Paul's Churchyard, Clapham, at
a cost of £23 12s. iod.
Trees and shrubs have been planted in St. Mary's Churchyard,
Putney, at a cost of £4 18s. 6d.
Old granite sett channel has been laid on cement concrete,
and the footpaths paved with artificial paving, at a
cost of £389 18s. iod.
The cellars under the footpath on the north side, from Nos. 65
to 99, have been filled in with surplus earth, at a
cost of £14 19s. 7d.
Two new iron dust shoots have been fixed under Contract at
Ashlone Road Wharf by Messrs. Lewis and Lewis.
The cost, including concrete foundations which
were put in by the Council's employees, was £131 19s. 9d.
The kerb at the corner of this road (which adjoins Streatham
Hill Station) has been set back in order to cut off
an acute angle of the footpath.