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Wandsworth 1908

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

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Cemeteries.
At Wandsworth Cemetery a new men's W.C. and urinal has
been erected, adjoining the Foreman's lodge, under
contract, by Messrs. C. Horton & Sons, at a cost
of £57 0s. 3d.
A shelter for bicycles and perambulators with attendant's
room has been erected on the east side of the main drive, under
contract, by Messrs. W. & C. Brown, at a cost of £100.
The boundary wall on the west side of the cemetery adjoining
the consecrated ground has been pulled down and the bricks
cleaned and stacked, at a cost of £7 14s. 0d.
The bay window to the Superintendent's house has been
underpinned, at a cost of £17 11s. 8d.
A 4-inch surface water drain with gullies has been constructed
in the new footpath on the west side of the main carriage drive at
north end of cemetery, at a cost of £15 17s. 3d.
At Streatham Cemetery a new W.C. for ladies has been
erected, adjoining the Church of England chapel, by Mr. W.
Wallis, under contract, at a cost of £42 10s. 0d.
At Putney Lower Common Cemetery the iron boundary fencing
has been painted and the stonework of the walls of chapels
raked out and re-pointed, at a cost of £31 5s. 1d.
At Putney Vale Cemetery the iron boundary fencing has been
painted, at a cost of £8 4s. 0d.
The catafalque in the chapel has been removed and four oak
trestles provided in lieu thereof. The trestles were supplied by
Messrs. W. & C. Brown, at a cost of £3 14s. 0d.
Churchyards.
At St. Mary s Churchyard, Putney, the brickwork ot the
dwarf wall adjoining High Street has been raked
out and re-pointed and the iron fencing painted, at
a cost of £9 11s. 9d.
Clapham
Common.
A large number of the gravel footpaths on the Common have
been tar-dressed, at a cost of £139 12s. 2d.
Clapham
Common,
North Side.
By arrangement with the London County Council a Strip of
the Common from Victoria Road to Old Town has
been thrown into the roadway.