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Wandsworth 1908

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

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126
High Street,
Clapham.
In connection with the widening on the north side the shop
front of No. 90 has been set back, the cellar filled
in, and the land acquired, paved with York stone,
at a cost of £8 4s. 5d.
High street,
Putney
Cork asphalte paving- has been laid, as an experiment, on the
steep gradient on the east side, between Disraeli
Road and the south side of Putney Railway Station,
by the British Cork Asphalt, Limited, at a cost of £302 17s. 0d.
The Company have agreed to maintain the paving for five years.
The kerb and paving have been taken up and re-laid and the
old wood paving taken up, the concrete foundation refloated and
new 9-inch by 3-inch by 5-inch creosoted Archangel blocks laid,
from the south side of Disraeli Road to the south side of the
"Bull and Star" Public-house.
The work was carried out by Messrs. G. Wimpey & Co., the
total cost being £1,576 18s. 0d.
Iron Mill
Place
The kerb has been taken up and re-laid and new scoriæ block
channel provided on the north and south sides, from
Garratt Lane to Lemuel Street, at a cost of
£102 0s. 1d.
Iron Mill
Road.
New scoriæ block channel has been laid on the east and west
sides, from Iron Mill Place to Borrodaile Road, at
a cost of £93 18s. 11d.
Keswick Road.
The kerb has been taken up and re-laid and new scoriæ block
channel provided on the north, south, east and west
sides, from No. 34 to West Hill, at a cost of
£251 16s. 11d.
Kingston Road.
The kerb has been taken up and re-laid and new scoriæ block
channel provided on the north side, from a point
170 feet west of street watering post, Jerry's Hill,
to Portsmouth Road, at a cost of £247 6s. 3d.
Labourers' Cottage's,
Putney
Lower Common.
New scoriæ block channel has been laid on the east side from
Lower Richmond Road to the north end of road, at
a cost of £64 11s. 2d.