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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Streatham
High Road
The kerb has been taken up and set back to new line, the
footpath paved with artificial stone, and the carriageway
paved with creosoted deal blocks on the
west side at the corner of Mount Ephraim Road, at a cost of
£27 18s. 11d.
In connection with the extension of the tramways, from the
Tate Library to the Borough Boundary, at Norbury, certain portions
of the kerbing and paving on both sides of the road have
been taken up and re-laid, and the work is still in progress.
Streatham Hill.
A strip of land given up by the owners, about 95 feet in length
and 12 feet in width, on the east side at the corner
of Wyatt Park Road, has been added to the public
way and paved with artificial stone, at a cost of £39 14s. 2d.
Streatham
Place.
Old granite kerb has been substituted for Purbeck kerb on
the north side, from the Paragon Motor Garage to
New Park Road, and the tar-paving re-laid, at a
cost of £46 16s. 6d.
Tnnkervilie
Road
The granite sett channel and crossing have been taken up and
re-laid on the east and west sides, from Greyhound
Lane to Kempshott Road, at a cost of £45 8s. 4d.
Tooting Bec
Common.
By arrangement with the London County Council a piece of
the Common on the north side, at the- corner of
Tooting Bec Road and Garrad's Road, has been
thrown into the public way. The post and rail fence have been
set back and the footpath kerbed, at a cost of £70 19s. 4d.
Tooting
Common.
By arrangement with the London County Council portions of
the Common, at the junction of Rectory Lane and
Church Lane, have been thrown into the roadway.
Several trees have been removed, new kerb and granite sett
channel laid on the concrete and the footpaths paved with artificial
stone, at a cost of £183 8s. 9d.
Tooting High
Street.
A concrete retaining wall has been constructed and a wooden
fence erected thereon on the west side, adjoining
the railway at the Borough Boundary, opposite
No. 224, at a cost of £41 2s. 9d.