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Wandsworth 1908

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

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Tooting High.
Street.
A strip of land given up by the owners, about 105 feet in
length and 20 feet in width, on the west side, from
Nos. 212 to 224, near the Borough Boundary, has
been added to the public way and paved with artificial stone, at a
cost of £91 12s. 2d.
Town Hall.
The wall dividing the small hall from the room formerly used
by the Rating Department has been removed and
the two rooms made into one.
The whole of the rooms on the ground floor have been
thoroughly cleaned and redecorated. The work was done under
contract by Mr. W. J. Renshaw, at a cost of £147 6s. 0d.
The whole of the plastering to the staircase, landings and
front hall has been hacked out and hung with tiles to an ornamental
design. The ceiling to front hall was taken down and a
new one provided with floral design. The work was carried out
under contract by Messrs. Campbell, Smith & Co., at a cost of
£490 10s. 0d.
The front entrance swing doors were removed and refixedr
and new swing doors provided so as to provide two exits. The
work was carried out under contract by Mr. W. J. Renshaw, at a
cost of £52 3s. 4d.
Trevelyan
Road-
New granite sett channel has been laid on the east and west
sides, from Tooting High Street to Bickersteth
Road, at a cost of £214 0s. 10d.
Upper Richmond
Road.
The gravel entrance to the Old Burial Ground has been tarpaved,
at a cost of £1 0s. 11d.
Upper Tooting
Road.
A strip of land given up by the owners, about 286 feet in
length and 5 feet in width, on the north side, from
Beechcroft Road to Fircroft Road, has been added
to the public way and paved with artificial stone, at a cost of
£54 18s. 0d.
Valley Road.
By arrangement with the owners the road on the east side in
front of Messrs. Curtis Bros.' land, and opposite
Nos, 192 to 202 (even numbers inclusive), has been
widened to 40 feet. The fencing has been set back, new 12-inch
by 8-inch granite kerb and granite sett channel laid on cement
concrete and the footpath tar-paved, at a cost of £119 2s. 2d.