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Wandsworth 1908

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

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125
Garratt Lane.
A new iron footbridge has been constructed over the River
Wandle, at the rear of MacMurray's Paper Mills,
under contract by Messrs. J. Westwood & Co.
The total cost of the work, including the construction of the
foundations, which was carried out by the Council's employees,
was £170 4s.
A strip of land given up by the owners, about 75 feet in
length and 9 feet 6 inches in width, on the west side, between
Summerley and Skelbrook Streets and opposite Nos. 388, 390, 392
and 394, has been added to the public way and paved with artificial
stone, at a cost of £31 9s. 6d.
Glenburnie
Road.
A strip of land given up by the owners, about 330 feet in
length and 9 inches in width, on the south side in
front of the Cedars Estate, has been added to the
public way and tar-paved, at a cost of £9 17s. 1d.
Graveney
Road.
The kerb has been taken up and re-laid and new granite sett
channel laid on the north and south sides, from
Selkirk Road to Selkirk Road, at a cost of
£279 2s. 9d.
Gwalior Road.
The kerb has been taken up and re-laid and new scoriæ block
channel laid on the east and west sides, from
Felsham Road to Lacy Road, at a cost of
£58 5s. 2d.
Handel Street.
The kerb and granite sett channel have been taken up and
re-laid on the east and west sides, from York Road
to south-west corner, and new scoriæ block channel
provided on the north and south sides, from south-west corner to
Tonsley Hill, at a cost of £86 10s. 2d.
Heathfield
Road.
The gravel footpath on the west side, from Alma Terrace to
Magdalen Road, has been tar-dressed, at a cost of
£7 17s. 3d.
A piece of land given up by the owners, about 24 superficial
feet, on the south side, at the corner of Crieff Road, has been
added to the public way and tar-paved, at a cost of £14 1s. 0d.