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Wandsworth 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Appendix " A."
REPORT OF BOROUGH ENGINEER AND
SURVEYOR.
mileage of roads.
The total length of roads repaired by the Council is now 186 miles,
3 furlongs, 108 yards.
The following table shows the length of the various classes of paving, &c., in each of the following districts:—
| District. | Wood Paving. | Asphalte. | Granite Setts. | Granite Macadam. | Flint Macadam. | Tar Macadam and Tar Paving. | Blue Brick, Granolithic and other Paving. | Total.[ | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Y. | M. | F. | Y. | M. | F. | Y. | M. | F. | Y. | M. | F. | Y. | M. | F. | Y. | M. | F. | Y. | M. | F | Y. | |
| No. I. Clapham and Balham | 3 | 6 | 69 | 140 | 218 | 19 | 5 | 211 | 21 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 89 | 44 | 45 | 0 | 154 | |||||||
| No. 2. Streatham | 2 | 4 | 21 | - | 2 | 115 | 17 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 116 | 171 | - | 31 | 6 | 27 | |||||||
| No. 3. Balham and Tooting | 3 | 7 | 191 | - | - | 22 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 55 | - | - | 37 | 2 | 54 | ||||||||
| No. 4. Wandsworth | 3 | 0 | l6l | 48 | I | 127 | 14 | 2 | 197 | 21 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 106 | 163 | 39 | 2 | 190 | ||||||
| No. 5. Putney | 2 | 3 | 51 | 63 | 155 | 13 | 5 | 148 | 16 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 111 | 210 | 32 | 7 | 123 | |||||||
| Totals | 15 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 175 | 86 | 6 | 188 | 8l | 7 | 87 | 6 | 37 | I | 197 | 186 | 3 | 108 | ||||
This does not include 10 miles, 5 furlongs, of public ways across
fields, &c., which are used as footpaths only.