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St Mary (Battersea) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea]

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Making up of
Roadway between
Chivalry
Road and
Bolingbroke
Grove
Attention having been drawn by the residents to
the condition of the short piece of roadway between
Chivalry Road and Bolingbroke Grove, which
belongs to, and is maintainable by the London
County Council, as successors to the Conservators of Wandsworth
Common, the Vestry, upon the application of the Council,
agreed to make up the road in a similar manner to the adjacent
roads, upon payment by the Council of the sum of £205, and
also to maintain the road in a proper state of repair for the sum
of £10 per annum. On the 17th January the Council agreed to
these terms, and the work will be put in hand upon receipt of
the stipulated sum.
John Street
York Road,
Maintenance,
&c.
In accordance with an arrangement made between
the Vestry and the Board of Works for the Wandsworth
District, the County Council, upon the application of
that Board, issued an Order placing John Street, situate partly
in this parish and partly within the Parish of Wandsworth,
under the exclusive management of the District Board, for the
purposes of sewerage, drainage, paving, lighting, watering,
cleansing, repair and maintenance, the Vestry paying to that
Board one half the costs and expenses of and incidental to
such works.
Christchurch
Garden.
The Vestry having undertaken the management
and maintenance of the garden in front of Christ
Church, Battersea Park Road, the land having been duly conveyed
to the Vestry, constructed an entrance to the ground from
Cabul Road by the formation of a brick pier and gate to the
second tier of railings westward from the carriage gates; a footpath
was also formed on the east side of the garden to connect
the existing paths and the whole of the paths were tar paved.
New
Buildings.
During the year the Vestry have received and
considered notices for the erection of 289 new
buildings.
New
Sewers.
Plans were submitted to the Vestry for the construction
of sewers in the undermentioned new
Streets, and the same having been provisionally approved were