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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following works have been carried out, viz. :—
PAVING WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
| Name of Road. | Description of Work. | Cost. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Hill | Old kerb taken up and replaced with new 12 in. by 8 in. Cornish kerb on the west side from Station Road to near Hildreth Street; old tarpaving taken up and new artificial paving laid from Station Road to Balham High Road | s. 4 | d. 7 | |
| Tarpaved footpaths re-topped on both sides of road from Byrne Road to Tooting Common by Messrs. Chittenden and Simmons | 136 | 9 | 3 | |
| Church Lane | Kerb taken up and relaid to new line on concrete and carriageway formed with hardcore and coated with granite macadam where widened, on the north side from the entrance to Tooting Bee Asylum to a point about 100 ft. west of Lucien Road. The carriageway on the south side has been widened and formed with hardcore and coated with granite macadam from a point about 85 ft. west of Lessingham Avenue, to a point about 100 ft. east of Lucien Road. 28 new gullies have been fixed between Mitcham Road and Tooting Bee Road and 29 of the existing gullies have been shifted to new positions | 572 | 2 | I |
| By arrangement with the London County Council a strip of land on the north side between Mantilla Road and the entrance to Tooting Bee Asylum has been taken from Tooting Common and added to the public way, and the fence set back to the new line | 20 | 10 | 9 | |